When Khaldoun Hijazin returned to his native Jordan in 2014 after earning his M.F.A. from Tufts, his immediate future was mapped out: teaching at the University of Jordan’s School of Arts and Design and building a career as a visual artist and cultural practitioner.
But he also yearned to share the inspiration he’d found at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (SMFA), where his originality flourished amid a steady and lively exchange of ideas. Not long after returning home, he was developing collaborative projects that brought new attention to the contemporary visual arts, fostering Jordanian artists and underscoring how they respond to the complex cultural and sociopolitical challenges facing their homeland and the wider Middle East.