Playing guitar for and with others became my therapy and my form of resistance.
Art has become a means of survival, and also a way to document war, transforming living testimonies into vivid records for posterity.
Between hunger and suffering, a furious rage was born / It scorched my soul, burning through every part of my being.
Ambient Gaza is rebuilding Gaza in sound, through testimony, soundscapes, and music, to raise urgent support for Palestinians.
Waiting for a return to life’s colors, I was paralyzed by inaction until I began drawing in black and white.
The goal is to foster more such cross-cultural events, including composition collaborations and joint performances.
The Sumud-Uthabiti Project event, cosponsored by WANN and Emerging Voices Webzine, is free and online.
A young artist’s development, both as a painter and as a dentist, has been stymied by Israel’s war on Gaza.
“I will always practice art, until one day I return with my mother to our city of Nazareth.”
Few Gazan artists are able to make a living from their talent.
Palestinian artist Zainab Al-Qolaq lost 22 members of her family in a bombing that still haunts her.
Palestinian artist Timaa Hassan creates art that can be touched as well as seen.
