▁and ▁C raft s ▁in ▁Oak land ▁and ▁graduated ▁with ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts . ▁Following ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁Bag hd ad , ▁he ▁co - f ounded ▁another ▁artists ' ▁group . ▁The ▁Al - R u ’ y ah ▁al - J ad ida ▁[' New ▁V ision ▁Group ']. ▁F ounded ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁by ▁al - J um ai ' e ▁along ▁with ▁artists ▁Is mail ▁F ata h ▁Al ▁Turk ; ▁Muham med ▁ ▁Mu hr ▁al - D in , ▁Hash imi ▁al - Sam arch i , ▁Raf a ▁al - N adi ri ▁and ▁Dia ▁Az za wi , ▁the ▁group ▁represented ▁a ▁free ▁art ▁style ▁where ▁many ▁artists ▁believed ▁that ▁they ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁true ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁era , ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁freedom ▁of ▁cre ativity ▁within ▁a ▁framework ▁of ▁her itage . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁he ▁left ▁Ira q ▁for ▁political ▁reasons , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁settled ▁in ▁Al med a , ▁California ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁graph ic ▁artist . ▁ ▁Work ▁Al - J uma ie ▁and ▁his ▁coh ort ▁ ▁including ▁Amer ▁al - O ba idi , ▁Sal man ▁Abb as ▁and ▁N ida ▁K ad him ▁became ▁the ▁group ▁of ▁artists ▁that ▁defined ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁Ira qi ▁art . ▁Although ▁al - J uma ie ▁is ▁best