A Syrian artist and one of the foremost pioneers of artistic modernism in Syria, Mahmoud Hammad was also a founder of the Arab Abstraction movement. He began his artistic career painting landscapes before moving towards abstract expression, incorporating Arabic letters as a visual element. He studied in Italy and later returned to Damascus, where he contributed to the establishment of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University, leaving a lasting impact on the Syrian and Arab art scenes.

This collection documents works by Mahmoud Hammad related to the Palestinian cause and includes photographs of his paintings, murals, and postage stamps. It also features images from his exhibition held in the Palestine Pavilion at the Damascus International Fair in 1962, where he presented his renowned mural, "Palestine, from the Nakba to Liberation", which depicts the rich and diverse daily life once lived by Palestinians before their forced displacement in 1948.