Artists: Fouad Agbaria, Avivit Ballas Baranes, Atar Geva, Hani Khatib, Inbal Timor, Muhammad Kalash

Manar is a social worker; Fouad is an artist who has a bachelor’s degree from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and a master’s degree from Haifa University. Fouad’s works are displayed in galleries and museums in Israel and around the world. The Agbarias have three children: Selen, Muhammad, and Adam. Their living room is packed with expressive works by Fouad and there’s an additional room with a sitting area on the floor—a prayer room of sorts, a quiet place where one can meditate.

A visit to Fouad Agbaria’s home encourages us to contemplate questions of identity, spirituality, and written words that create identities and worlds of culture and spirit.