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Sabina Saad (סבינה סעד (שקולניק); Skolnick; born 1950) is an Israeli multi-disciplinary artist. She is best known for her paintings combining figures and landscapes with symbols from the Jewish world and for her works relating to the Holocaust and especially the yellow badge. Her works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions, in Israel and in Europe.

Early years and education
Saad was born in Milan, Italy in 1950 as an only child to Holocaust survivor parents. She studied art at the Liceo Artistico Dell'Accademia di Belle Arti Di Brera, Milan. In 1969, after graduating from high school, she immigrated to Israel, where she met her husband Yehuda (Richard), a native of Tunis and a member of Moshav Ramot Meir. She worked as a farmer until 1989, when she decided to devote her time to art and to an art instructors course in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. In 1992 she won the Minister of Education prize for creators in Jewish Culture.