Najla Abdulshakour

Najla Abdulshakour

Najla Abdulshakour (b. 1981) was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, then moved to the industrial city of Yanbu, where she spent all her school days. Najla is a self-taught artist that holds a bachelor degree in Economics from KAAU and a Master’s degree in Marketing from Wollongong University, Australia.

Having to live in different cities within different regions of the culturally diverse Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, come to light her artwork that had been inspired by the local heritages and cultures of cities.