In celebration of the 96th birthday of the iconic Egyptian painter Tahia Halim, dubbed Lover of Nubia, Google Doodle has dedicated its display area for internet users in Egypt on Wednesday to one of Halim’s artworks depicting the Nubian and Egyptian idiosyncrasies. Famous for her massive contributions in the Egyptian art scene since the 1940s, Halim has been considered one of the pioneers of the Modern Expressive Movement in Egyptian art, especially during the 1960s. Halim was born in Sudan on September 9, 1919, and later received her primary education within the Royal Palace of Cairo, due to her father, an officer in the Egyptian army, being a laureate of King Fouad the first. This paved the way for Halim to explore art during the following years at the hands of some of the finest artists of the time, including Lebanese painter Yussef Trabelsi, the Greek artist Gerom, and Egyptian artist Hamed Abdullah. In 1942, the 23-year-old painter started exhibiting her work collectively and individually, and has since then held 45 exhibitions in Egypt and abroad. Among her most famous exhibitions are the São Paulo Biennail in Brazil which took…
