Background
Bahnassi, Afif was born on April 17, 1928 in Damascus, Syria. Son of Ahmed Rafik and Mekieh (el Oushe) Bahnassi.
art history and architecture educator
Bahnassi, Afif was born on April 17, 1928 in Damascus, Syria. Son of Ahmed Rafik and Mekieh (el Oushe) Bahnassi.
Licence in Law, Damascus University, 1949. Diploma in History of Art, Ecole de Louvre, Paris, 1961. Doctor of Modern Art, Sorbonne, 1964.
State Doctorate; Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1978.
Director department fine art Damascus Ministry of Culture, 1960-1971, general director antiquities and museums, 1971-1989.
Member Association Fine Art (president), Union Arab Writers.
Married Maysoun Jazairi. Children: Ayad, Anas, Yola, Kinan, Omar.