Background
Zreiq was born in Nazareth, the son of Lydia Zreiq (née Dubayah), an elementary school teacher, and Salem Zreiq, a history high school teacher, both his parents were Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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Zreiq was born in Nazareth, the son of Lydia Zreiq (née Dubayah), an elementary school teacher, and Salem Zreiq, a history high school teacher, both his parents were Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Zreiq Studied Computer Science and Mathematics, and works as a software architect.
He began working in computer art in 1994, and in 1996 started exhibiting his work in galleries and museums. In 2007 he filmed his first documentary, The Sons of Eilaboun, and in 2008 he created the short film Just Another Day, dealing with the life of Arabs living in western world after September 11 terror attacks. Zreiq is married and have one son.
In March 2001 Zreiq went to Germany, where he lives and works.
Zreiq is a software architect and learned his trade in Israel at the Technion and Haifa University, and worked for almost 10 years in Israel in hi-tech companies.
He uses his poetry and visual art in his films, as in Just Another Day, and was a member of the Culture Unplugged film festival panel. After the premiere screening of his first film "The Sons of Eilaboun" in Nazareth, Hisham Zreiq was honored by Ramiz Jaraisy, the mayor of Nazareth, and by Doctor Hana Sweid, an Israeli Arab politician and member of Knesset from Eilaboun.