Nice to see good news from habib Gaza. Great article on the inventiveness (yet another invention) from the most besieged people, Palestinians in Gaza: Ibrahim Sobeh and his son Mahmud with the device they built for domestic fuel production. Credit: Khaled Alashqar/IPS. Desperate Gazans Turn Plastic Into Fuel, By Khaled Alashqar, May 7, 2014, Inter… Read More a few nice things from Gaza
During my years in Gaza, I’ve met many talented artists whose work and photos should be viewed outside of the Strip. I share below some of Gaza’s beauty. Feel free to contact the artists directly, particularly if you wish to buy their art and support their work. ************************************************************************ -Salman Nawati, Email: shmo3_8@hotmail.com, Flickr page Port… Read More Palestinian artists in Gaza
*photo: Emad Badwan First published at Inter Press Services [blog version longer than published version] –By Eva Bartlett “We wanted to do something to bring focus to the plight of Palestinian political prisoners, of which there are around 5,000 in Israeli jails, including hunger strikers, children, women,” says Mohannad Barakat, 30, one of seven Palestinians… Read More Gangnam Gaza Style: on the siege, Palestinian Prisoners, Palestinian Pride
“Mirror” –Salem Awad “The colors of sunset are wonderful but the sun is the most wonderful. When the black clouds with their golden warm colors play on the sound of a bird that dialogues with the leaves of trees that were eaten by the wind and dance with a beautiful golden dress coloured by the… Read More art for art’s sake
The walls surrounding the Shifa hospital compound came to life today when students from Gaza’s Al Aqsa University evoked scenes of the Israeli war on Gaza last winter. Some scenes were representative of the destruction, savagery and mass casualties during the Israeli massacre, the desecration and shocking incidents that occured throughout the Strip at the… Read More evocative
In a small studio on a back lane in Gaza City, Salman Nawati hosts his first solo exhibition of paintings, accompanied by an art video installation. The works centre around life in the Gaza port, encompassing at the same time feelings from life under siege and from the Israeli massacre of Gaza. The colours are… Read More port art: on the siege, on the massacre, on yearning for life
One day, and quite unexpectedly as with all nice surprises, a man I barely knew untied a black velvet pouch, to reveal the treasures he’d stashed inside.
The Electronic Intifada, 12 August 2009 By Eva Bartlett “Don’t people in Gaza love to see films like people anywhere?” aspiring filmmaker Hossam Abdel Latif asks. His wife, the more practical Souad, retorts, “Someone who can’t afford to eat is going to go to the cinema?” The question of the arts in times of siege… Read More Gaza play highlights difficulties for artists under siege
In Gaza 