Amid the rubble of destroyed homes and the echoing booms of air strikes, Gaza’s artists sit with brushes in hand, transforming despair into defiance. Flour bags become canvases, humanitarian aid boxes are turned into portraits and every paint stroke tells a story.
For more than 76 years, Israel’s occupation has posed a threat to Palestinian culture through displacement and destruction. But even in the face of the current war, in which Israel has killed more than 61,700 Palestinians, Gaza’s artists refuse to disappear.
