Shadi Alzaqzouq

Shadi Alzaqzouq (; born 1981), also known as Shadi Al-Zaqzouq, is a Libyan-born Palestinian visual artist, activist, and musician. His hyperrealist paintings focus on themes of evolution and land occupation. Alzaqzouq has lived in France since 2007.

Early life and education Shadi Alzaqzouq was born in 1981, in Benghazi, Libya. His parents immigrated to Libya from Jaffa, Palestine. The family moved in 1995 to Gaza in Palestine, after the 1995 Oslo II Accord.

Alzaqzouq's work After the Wash was one of four works removed from the 2012 Art Dubai art fair for supporting the Arab Spring protests. The work in question was titled After the Wash, and is a circular canvas with an oil painting depicted a veiled girl with a bandana carrying underwear, that has a word in Arabic meaning "leave".

In 2015, Alzaqzouq was initially removed from Banksy’s Dismaland exhibition after he protested in support of the boycott of Israel and the three Israeli artists participating in the show, which included a former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) member. Afterwards he covered his artwork After Washing #3 with a bedsheet with the words "RIP Gaza: Boycott Israel" written on it, and laid down in front of the display during the Dismaland exhibition.