What is Muhanna Al-Dura?
'''Muhanna Durra''' ({{lang-ar|مهنا دره}}), {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of the Star of Jordan|OSJ]]}}, (1938 – 24 January 2021) was a Jordanian painter. He was well known in the Jordanian Arts Movement. He was the first to add [[Cubism]] and [[abstract art]] into the Jordanian visual arts community. He was a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art and Design at [[University of Jordan]]. He was the President of the [[Jordan Association of Fine Arts]]. Al-Dura was born in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]. Al-Dura died on 24 January 2021, aged 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/399546/Arts--Culture/Visual-Art/Muhanna-Durra,-pioneer-of--Jordanian-artistic-move.aspx|title=Muhanna Durra, pioneer of Jordanian artistic movement, dies at 83|work=[[Al-Ahram|Ahram Online]]|date=25 January 2021|access-date=25 January 2021|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130041150/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/399546/Arts--Culture/Visual-Art/Muhanna-Durra,-pioneer-of--Jordanian-artistic-move.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dura, Muhanna}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Jordanian people]] [[Category:Painters from Asia]] {{bio-stub}}