"The art is washed away every evening, but the artists are back every morning with enthusiasm. Everything around Gaza's shoreline has been reduced to rubble by the Israeli military, but the coast still offers some fleeting solace from the horrors of ongoing death and destruction in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Local artists have been creating sand sculptures on the beach, gathering people on the shoreline that used to attract large crowds before the devastation of Israel's genocidal war."
"When we create art on Gaza's beach, we see so many people gather around us. It brings joy you can see it on the faces of children and even the elderly. People drift into a different world for a moment, he told Al Jazeera's Ibrahim al-Khalili. They look at the artwork and see an image completely different from what they've been used to since the war began the bombings, destruction, and the buzzing of drones."
Artists on Gaza's beach create sand sculptures each morning, even though the art is washed away every evening. The shoreline around Gaza is largely reduced to rubble, but the coast still offers fleeting solace and an open space for expression. Sculptor Yazid Abu Jarad and his team carve letters and images using tape measures and found tools, drawing crowds that include children and the elderly. With severely limited resources, artists use small brushes, broken tiles, and sticks pulled from the shore. The artworks provide displaced Palestinians a brief emotional break from more than two years of war, offering visible joy despite the temporary nature of the work.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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