Makram Khoury, the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, returned to what had become the new State of Israel and resided in the port city of Acre with his family.
He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel. A year later, they returned to what had become the new State of Israel. The family took up residence in the port city of Acre, near Haifa. 
