A 1974 oil painting by Samir Rafi, in which a wolf snarls in the face of a caged man. Courtesy of Ubuntu Gallery and Green Art Gallery, Dubai.
A 1974 oil painting by Samir Rafi, in which a wolf snarls in the face of a caged man. Courtesy of Ubuntu Gallery and Green Art Gallery, Dubai.

Spotlight on Samir Rafi: a conundrum among the canon of modern Arab art comes to Dubai