Born in Jordan, raised in Lebanon, schooled in London, and currently living in Canada, Jinan is a woman with a rich cultural heritage and a diverse background. As an artist, she uses this diverse cultural heritage as an axis point, a bazaar of various flavors from which she draws the substance of her compositions. She is an all-around artist currently enjoying life as a silk painter. A quick review of some of her silk paintings reveals the influence and flavor of the Middle East and European elements. Jinan spent many years living with her family in Saudi Arabia, a bit far removed from the art world in which she originally started. This is where she began her silk painting career. As a child, however, she started out simply loving art. “I was born in Jordan. My mother is Lebanese and my father is a Palestinian. We moved to Lebanon because the schooling in Lebanon, at that time in the Middle East, was the best. So that’s where I went for schooling, my elementary and high school, in Beirut.” I always wanted to draw,” she says.