Faik Hassan lived as an orphan, and his uncle Fadel Abdul Ghani, who worked in the royal palace, took care of him like a father and took him to the places he usually visited, leaving a deep paternal influence in the soul of Faik Hassan. His uncle was the reason why King Faisal I noticed the talent of this child, who promised to send him on a scholarship outside Iraq to study art.

▪ Published in “Memory of Color - Faik Hassan” by Kassim Muhsin, Pg.307, Edition 2016.