Innocent faces, peaceful eyes, and laughter that could heal an entire day. 🥹❤️🔥
This marked the final session at Al-Manara Modern School, part of the Art from Rubble project supported by The Hands Up Project — a beautiful ending filled with warmth, creativity, and hope. 💛✨
Read MoreDriven by her deep belief in transforming pain into hope, Nada continues her work through the Art from Rubble project under the theme “New Hope.”
Read MoreBecause we believe that barriers do not cancel participation, and distance does not stop creativity, Art From Rubblecontinues to bring hearts together across the world. 🌍❤️
Read MoreAs part of the Art From Rubble project, Nada Rajab led a special Ramadan session with children in Gaza’s Old Town. Originally planned at the historic Great Omari Mosque, the activity was moved due to structural damage after repeated strikes in 2023.
Read MoreI believe art isn’t limited to colors alone.
Through Art from Rubble, I held a warm, love-filled therapeutic session with my creative students, aged 7–18 👩🎨🧑🎨
Read MoreBecause 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.
Read MoreWith 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.
Read MoreBelieving 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.
Read MoreBecause 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.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreToday 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.
Read MoreBecause 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.
Read MoreBecause 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.
Read MoreAnd 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.
Read MoreBecause 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.
Read MoreDespite 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:
Read MoreToday’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.
Read MoreBecause 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.
Read MoreToday’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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