On the stage of the Monnot Theater, four women give voice to Gaza and Aita al-Shaab, channeling memory, pain, and resistance. (Credit: Rana Najjar/L’Orient-Le Jour)
Despite the so-called cease-fire "agreements" in Lebanon and Gaza, the Israeli war has not truly ended. The uninterrupted buzzing of military and reconnaissance drones still fills the skies, alongside daily Israeli strikes, from Beirut to Gaza, all the way to Ramallah, Hebron, Jenin, and throughout all of Palestinian territory.Our minds still struggle to grasp the magnitude of this methodical violence: genocide, famine, rapes, murders of journalists, threats, and this morbid delight in terrorizing women, children, and the elderly, in watching humans die a slow death. The images of the victims remain etched in our subconscious; the voices of reporters, bloggers, and activists, who testify to their painful daily lives, remain present and searing.Any artistic work that evokes this war seems unfinished — perhaps, like us, the...
Despite the so-called cease-fire "agreements" in Lebanon and Gaza, the Israeli war has not truly ended. The uninterrupted buzzing of military and reconnaissance drones still fills the skies, alongside daily Israeli strikes, from Beirut to Gaza, all the way to Ramallah, Hebron, Jenin, and throughout all of Palestinian territory.Our minds still struggle to grasp the magnitude of this methodical violence: genocide, famine, rapes, murders of journalists, threats, and this morbid delight in terrorizing women, children, and the elderly, in watching humans die a slow death. The images of the victims remain etched in our subconscious; the voices of reporters, bloggers, and activists, who testify to their painful daily lives, remain present and searing.Any artistic work that evokes this war seems unfinished — perhaps, like us, the...
