"Marah Al-Za'anin, an 18-year-old Palestinian artist, has transformed a tent in Gaza City's Al-Rimal neighborhood into a studio. Al-Za'anin can't have been more than 15 or 16 years old when the genocide began, but she continues to pursue her passion for art and uses her brother's phone as a light source while she paints and draws late into the night. (photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)"
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An 18-year-old Palestinian artist, Marah Al-Za'anin, converted a tent in Gaza City's Al-Rimal neighborhood into a makeshift studio and continues creating art despite ongoing violence. She likely was 15 or 16 when the genocide began and paints and draws late into the night using her brother's phone as a light source. A filmmaker who had been following Mamdani before his mayoral run continued filming as he prepared to announce his candidacy, recording interviews despite troubling documentary precedents like the 2016 film "Weiner." Archaeologists discovered a basilica whose features match Vitruvius' millennia-old designs, and officials express confidence it is his work.
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