Doris Hakim was born in Nazareth to a Palestinian father and a Greek mother. This background played an important role in her artistic development, triggering her to explore the effects and conception of society, religion and politics, focusing on the meaning of issues such as democracy, equality and boundaries. Hakim left Nazareth and moved to Greece aged 20. She studied Theology and then Fine Arts. Moving to Spain, she continued with an MA degree and is currently undertaking a PhD. Hakim's complex and diverse origins combine both the richness and the violence of the cultural context she grew into. She deals with these issues in an attempt to reconcile herself with her culture and its socio-political boundaries.