Palestinian Artist Transforms War Rubble in Gaza into Art

The Gaza Strip is completely destroyed. In this desolate scenario, a Palestinian artist, forced to abandon his home, transforms the rubble of bombed buildings into art, in an effort to show the suffering of his people and the horrors of war.

Khaled Hussein lived in Rafah, a city north of Gaza bordering Egypt. The life he knew no longer exists. His home was completely destroyed, and he had to relocate to another region. Despite all the suffering he has endured, Khaled still finds motivation in art, even with the scarcity of resources. Every day, the artist walks slowly among the rubble and carefully chooses the raw material to create his clay sculptures. They are sad and tired faces, which, according to him, embody the hunger and fear experienced by Palestinians during the war. The pieces are molded to convey the weight of all the lives lost in the conflict, as a symbol of human fragility and the absurdity of war. "My sculptures embody the hunger and fear experienced by Palestinians during the war, and these characteristics become immediately evident as soon as I pick up the clay and begin to mold it. On one occasion, I collected clay from the site of a house that had been bombed and destroyed, and with it I sculpted faces that expressed the death and despair of the Palestinian people. Previously, I gave a presentation on the right of return of the Palestinian people and the pain and suffering that Palestinians endure. In general, all the themes I explore in my work revolve around the Palestinian cause and Palestinian suffering," he says.

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