Syrian artist Abdalla Al Omari’s “Vulnerability Series” portrays world leaders as refugees in a series of paintings on show at a gallery in Dubai.

From Abdalla Al Omari’s bio:

Syrian painter, performing artist and filmmaker Abdalla Al Omari was born in Damascus in 1986. In 2009, Al Omari simultaneously graduated from the Damascus University with a degree in English Literature and the Adham Ismail Institute for Visual Arts.

Omari started his career as a full-time artist represented by Kamel Gallery in Damascus 2012, where he collaborated in a workshop at the gallery with Syrian pioneering artists Ghassan Sibai and Fouad Dahdouh. Abdalla Omari’s paintings were featured with Ayyam Gallery since early 2012 at The Young Collector’s Auction where his captivating portrait garnered much attention and sold over estimate.

His works are aquired by art institutions like : Barjeel Art Foundation UAE, Ayyam Gallery UAE, Kamel Gallery Damascus, the ministry of culture, Syria, and in private collections around the world.