The former Queen of Egypt, Queen Farida, wife of the late King Farouk, is holding an exhibition of her art work in a Jerusalem gallery.
Some 15 of the Queen’s original drawings are to be shown to the public, and then sold for approximately IL 6000 each. The drawings were purchased by the gallery’s owner, Itamar Barkai, during a visit he paid the Queen at her home in Paris. The exhibition will open to the public tomorrow.
Barkai noted that the Queen herself had spoken of the possibility of coming to Israel, but these plans were cancelled out of fear of the reaction of pro-Palestinian circles in Paris. The Queen, however, noted that now that the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel has been signed, a future visit by her to Israel should not be ruled out.
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