About the Artist

Fouz Hanslo, a builder by trade was born in Durban. He married and settled in Cape Town. He enjoyed pencil drawings and sketching from school days. Fouz Identifies strongly with the mosque as being the focal point in a muslim's life. His concern is that people, especially our youth, should return to a cultural consciousness with a sense of dignity and pride.

Fouz was inspired to paint a series of mosques (a subject that the community could identify with), on the advice given by a local abstract artist, Mrs Silke. Another source of inspiration to him is his brother Farouk Hanslo, a landscape artist.
A series of mosques of the Cape, done in water colours, are available at the Mowbray Masjid.

_{Fouz can be contacted at Tel.797-1900}