An immersive room displaying works from the Sahab virtual museum at La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris on June 5, 2026. (Credit: Joseph Jabbour)
Ahmad Ashour's voice catches with emotion as he addresses the audience. On the giant screen, he scrolls through images of Shabebik Gallery, an essential springboard for artists from Gaza and a symbol of a prolific cultural scene before October 2023. One year later, it was destroyed by an Israeli bombing, along with its 20,000 works.He then displays a photo series of young Palestinians under a blue sky, dreaming of travel amid the ruins of Gaza airport, destroyed in 2002. The images evoke a life before the blockade and the six Israeli military operations, including the ongoing genocidal war. Culture in times of crisis Emerging as light: Nagham Hodaifa's dignifying artistic plea amidst a burning world "Our past, everything we built, has been erased, leveled, destroyed. So what do we do? There are two choices: disappear or...
Ahmad Ashour's voice catches with emotion as he addresses the audience. On the giant screen, he scrolls through images of Shabebik Gallery, an essential springboard for artists from Gaza and a symbol of a prolific cultural scene before October 2023. One year later, it was destroyed by an Israeli bombing, along with its 20,000 works.He then displays a photo series of young Palestinians under a blue sky, dreaming of travel amid the ruins of Gaza airport, destroyed in 2002. The images evoke a life before the blockade and the six Israeli military operations, including the ongoing genocidal war. Culture in times of crisis Emerging as light: Nagham Hodaifa's dignifying artistic plea amidst a burning world "Our past, everything we built, has been erased, leveled, destroyed. So what do we do? There are two choices: disappear or...
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