Afifa Aleiby was born in Basra-Iraq . She has lived and studied in Moscow and as a result the influence of the Soviet Realism filters through to an extent . However , her more recent works are intrinsically akin to unearthly metaphysics and narrative enchantment . The use of the palette tending toward bleu tones eliminates any sense of pedestrian descriptiveness . Her female figures in tunics like royal robes have a dignified pride and the air of an Oriental fable .A deliberate ingeniousness gives them an intriguing appearance of wonder and irony .
Givanni Carandente Italian historic and critic of art

• 1953 - Born in Basra - Iraq

• 1974 - Diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts - Baghdad - Iraq .

• 1971-74 -Worked as an illustrator for the newspaper
  “Tarik Al Shaab“ Baghdad -Iraq 1981

• 1981 -Diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts -Surikov - Moscow - USSR .

Two paintings being held by the Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad .
Member of The United Artist in Iraq. Member of The Iraqi Journalist’s Trade Union . Member of The Bond of Democratic Artists ,Writers, journalists of Iraq . Had been teaching for many years on The Institute of Fine Art in Aden - Yemen .