Background
Maurice studied the art under the tutelage of his father, Sion Nseiri, before taking over the workshop in the Umayyad bazaar.
Maurice studied the art under the tutelage of his father, Sion Nseiri, before taking over the workshop in the Umayyad bazaar.
In 1965. When the Israeli spy Eli Cohen was uncovered and arrested by Syrian security officials in January of that year, a receipt from the Nseiri shop was found in Cohen"s possession. The Mukhabarat swept into the Nseiri workshop and arrested Maurice’s father, brother, and all employees. In 1970, Nseiri closed his workshop and attempted to flee to Israel via Lebanon but was arrested at the border.
Following the Jewish exodus from Syria in the early 1990s, Nseiri emigrated to Canada.
