Because the souls we lost to the war must never be forgotten.
Today’s activity in the Art from Rubble project carried the title:
As part of my project “Art from Rubble” 🏚🖌, I retrieved pieces of curtain fabric from beneath the rubble, carefully cleaned them, and transformed them into a canvas for painting.
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With deep faith that art knows no borders, I carried out a New Year greeting activity in a creative and hopeful way—despite all distances and barriers.
The activity reached children in more than five different locations, across tens of kilometers, and even in other countries thousands of kilometers away.
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Believing that art is a language of peace, love, and survival, Nada led a very special art session through the Art from Rubble project inside the Latin Church in Gaza City, sharing Christmas joy with Christian children in a creative, hopeful space.
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Because I deeply believe in the power of art as a tool for healing and resilience, today’s Art from Rubble session was different. This time, the activities were not with children, but with the Civil Defense personnel in the Gaza Strip.
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After being displaced again from south to north Gaza, I began the first touches of my Art from Rubble project in the Gaza Seaport — now surrounded by rubble and tents.
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Today was my final meeting with the wonderful teacher Sahar and her incredible students in southern Gaza before returning north. Over three hours of creativity, healing, and connection.
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Because I believe that education is the foundation of growth, I’ve spent the past two weeks searching for someone who could teach my students the beautiful and powerful art of sculpture.
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Because I believe in the power of art in all its forms — and in the profound impact it has on my students — today we created a beautiful blend of artistic expressions with my talented group and a new circle of children.
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And it didn’t stop there…
Because I believe the power of art lives within every child, today I welcomed a new group of lovely children to join my talented students.
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Because art is the only companion for children amid the ruins, today’s activity was titled “Souls We Miss.”
Many of my students have faced deep loss — some lost their families, others a sibling. Yet, through their art, they found a moment of light, hope, and healing.
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Despite the harshness of life amid the rubble in Gaza, we believe that every hardship shall pass.
Through our project “Art from the Rubble,” we strive to transform pain into art and destruction into a message of resilience and hope.
Today, we’re sharing a series of moving artworks inspired by the rubble itself:
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Today’s activity, “The Amusement City,” brought so much joy.
The students collected iron wires, a wooden board, and even satin fabric from the rubble — then shaped and painted them into a beautiful amusement park scene.
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Because I believe in the power of art at all times and in all places, I recently revisited the shelter where I created my very first artwork on the rubble more than two years ago, during the war. It was in a classroom at one of the UNRWA schools in Deir al-Balah.
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Today’s session was titled “Our Beautiful City.”
Together, we reimagined Gaza — painting it with bright colors, peaceful skies, and streets without pain or fear. Surrounded by palm and olive trees in the camp, the children filled the day with hope
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Because I believe in the power of collective work, even across distance, we carried out a special collaborative session between my students in the camp east of Deir al-Balah and teacher Sahar’s students in the western part of Gaza.
Together, over 15 students joined forces to turn pain into art and rubble into a message of hope.
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In our latest session of the “Art from Rubble” project with teacher Sahar’s students, we began a new workshop titled “Colored Stones from the Rubble.”
The girls collected stones from the debris near their homes and, inside our small renovated room, painted them with bright acrylic colors.
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Today’s activity was one of the most heartfelt yet. The students painted on cardboard boxes — the same ones they collect daily to use as firewood.
This time, they painted a sleeping child, symbolizing his quiet wish for safety, warmth, and a real home made of concrete instead of a nylon tent.
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Recently, Nada created three paintings inspired by activities she carried out with her students inside the camp. Each artwork reflects moments of creativity, strength, and connection.
More photos coming soon from their clay and rubble sculpting activity with her amazing students!
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Yesterday, we held a literary and artistic activity that beautifully combined storytelling and mural painting on walls once damaged by airstrikes.
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