Kamel Al Moghani was born on 27 December 1943 in Gaza. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in decoration from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Alexandria University in 1966, then a master’s degree in the psychology of symbol and color in 1987. In 1967, at the start of the Six-Day War, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, he joined the Palestinian revolution, which got him arrested from 1969 to 1972. Al Moghani was one of the founding members of the Faculty of Fine Arts at An-Najah National University in Nablus in 1993 and was appointed as its head of Art Department. He co-founded the Society of Fine Artists in the Gaza Strip in 1984, and the Department of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Arts and Information at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza in 2003.

In his earliest works, he tended to use aggressive symbols directed at the Israeli occupation, such as the Palestinian map. In the 80s, the Palestinian land itself became his main inspiration depicting its heritage and myths using symbols such as yarn and coffee pots. In his latest work, he draws victorious scenes of Palestinian people being freed or boats to indicate their return.

Being undeniably a pillar in Palestinian art, he has exhibited all over the world and received many awards, such as the Soviet Artists Union Award in 1979, Dundee Municipality Medal, Scotland in 1981, the Second Golden Sail Award and many other.

He has a memorial standing at the entrance of the An-Najah University.

Al Moghani passed away in Gaza in 2008.

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