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Yousef Ahmad is considered a pioneer for his significant contribution to the evolution of Modern and Contemporary art in Qatar. Observing the socio-economic, cultural, artistic and historical developments which his country witnessed during the 1970s and 1980s, Ahmad set upon himself the responsibility, as an art advisor and educator, to document the development of the art scene in Qatar. Born in 1955 into a family of three sisters of two brothers, his mother Maryam Al Baker, and his father was Ahmad Mohammed al-Homaid who worked initially as a pearl diver prior to joining Qatar Petroleum Company. Ahmad's marriage to Nihad al-Sayed was in 1982, and of this union Abdulrahman (1984), and Maryam (1988) a graduate in Graphic Design (VCUQ), were born.

Yousef Ahmad is considered a pioneer for his significant contribution to the evolution of Modern and Contemporary art in Qatar. Observing the socio-economic, cultural, artistic and historical developments which his country witnessed during the 1970s and 1980s, Ahmad set upon himself the responsibility, as an art advisor and educator, to document the development of the art scene in Qatar. Born in 1955 into a family of three sisters of two brothers, his mother Maryam Al Baker, and his father was Ahmad Mohammed al-Homaid who worked initially as a pearl diver prior to joining Qatar Petroleum Company. Ahmad's marriage to Nihad al-Sayed was in 1982, and of this union Abdulrahman (1984), and Maryam (1988) a graduate in Graphic Design (VCUQ), were born.