Layla Al-Attar
Layla Al-Attar (born in Baghdad, Iraq) was an Iraqi artist and painter that graduated from the Academy of fine Arts in Baghdad in 1965. Layla, known for her beauty and kindness, had once held five one-women shows in Iraq and took part in all national and other collective exhibitions held in the country and abroad.
Layla also took part in Kuwait Biennil (1973), the first Arab biennil (Baghdad 1974), 2nd Arab biennil (1976), Kuwait Biennil (1981) and won the Golden Sail Medal in Cairo Biennia (1984). She was director of the Iraqi National Art Museum.
On June 27, 1993, Layla along with her husband and housekeeper were killed by a U.S. missile attack on Baghdad which was ordered by U.S. President Bill Clinton in retaliation for an assassination attempt by the Iraqi Intelligence Service on former U.S. President George H. W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait in April 14-16, 1993. Layla's house was next to the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) compound. The attack also blinded her daughter.
Kris Kristofferson dedicated and wrote a song about Layla named "The Circle".[1]
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