Google Doodle honours Iraqi artist Naziha Salim and her contribution to contemporary art

On Apr 23, 2022, Google dedicates its homepage to honour Naziha Salim

the most renowned contemporary artist from Iraq

the first Iraqi woman who anchored the pillars of Iraqi contemporary art”.

Naziha Salim was raised in a family of artists. Her father was a painter

her mother was an experienced embroidery artist

all three of her brothers were immersed in the world of art in their own ways.

Her brother Jawad Salim, is famous as one of Iraq’s most influential sculptors.