Fouad Khalil Awad Nimer is a theatre and a creative director who was born in the city of Nazareth. In 1979, and during his freshman year at the university, he made his directorial debut with the production “The King is The King” (based on a novel by the late Syrian playwright Saad Allah Wannous).  He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Tel Aviv University in 1983. While at Tel Aviv University, he directed “Miss Julie” written by August Strindberg and “Men in the Sun” written by the Palestinian writer, Ghassan Kanafani. “Men in the Sun” deals with the journey of four Palestinians seeking to travel to Kuwait in a hope of finding a job there during the oil boom.

After graduating from Tel Aviv University in 1983, he returned to his hometown Nazareth, where he worked on cultivating theatre culture and arts among the Palestinian and Arab community in the country. During that period he chiseled his social and national identity and formed a cultural identity in which the Palestinian cause is a centerpiece.