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dr. rashid diab was born in 1957, wad medani/sudan. he lives and works in khartoum/sudan. in 1978 after graduatin from the khartoum college of fine and applied arts in sudan, he went to spain on a scholarship for further studies in art. 1991 he hade completed fine arts degrees in painting and in etching (separately) and obtained a Ph.D. for a thesis titled "tradition and modernity: contemporary sudanese art" from the complutense university of madrid. follwing the awarding of his Ph. D. he taught fine art at the same university until returning to sudan in 2000. he owns and directs the medani gallery and established the rashid diab arts center in khartoum 2006.

rashid diab had far more than 70 solo exhibitions around the world and took part at numerous group exhibitions.

his works can be found in a great number of worldwide museums:

furthermore he has got a lot of prizes, awards and fellowships.