alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Mixed media works by Palestinian artist Laila Shawa, 1980s-2010s, whose practice explored political and cultural themes drawn from her own experiences. In 1985 she founded the Rashad Shawa Cultural Center in her home city of Gaza, but it was targeted and destroyed by IDF bombing in 2023.

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Cluster of women in colorful patterned niqab, the four in front with their hands against their cheeks. One woman has her face uncovered and is rolling her eyes upward in an annoyed expression
Representation of the hand of Fatima in orange, purple, and red tones
A cluster of women wearing colorful niqab, each with eyes downcast looking at an ice cream cone in their hand