Category: Guest Writer

Article by Louis Brehony/Photos by Nadira Amrani – On 7 March, the London-based cultural organisation Arts Canteen launched AWAN (Arab Women Artists Now), a new annual festival to celebrate women artists from the Arab world. After a day of heated discussion on art and politics, and a visual art exhibition, the event came to its finale with a night of...

Read the story of Palestinian student Nermeen Hwaihi from Gaza, who lived through the ruthless Israeli bombardment of her town Beit Hanoun in Gaza, and shares her experiences in this heart-wrenching piece. Such personal accounts are of great value in order to help those who are unfamiliar with the cruel realities of Israeli occupation, siege and bombardment, understand what was...