Creative Gazans develop new crafts to cope with siege
Gazans try to adapt to the miserable conditions brought by the siege via creative means.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — In times of crises and hopelessness, people search for the smallest things to make life livable. Mohammed al-Zomar, Hassan Saad and Ahmed al-Arouqi each took an idea and defeated despair using light, water and colors.
Mohammed al-Zomar's tale of colors
In his small open-air studio in the rear courtyard of his house, Zomar, 32, takes pride in ammunition left over from the 2008-2009 war. This is not because he is a former soldier or a member of the resistance, but because he paints and writes on the old ammunition.
"After the end of Operation Cast Lead, I came up with the idea of convincing people to give me the old bombs that they were keeping as souvenirs. In 2010, I began painting on these pieces of ammunition," Zomar, who did not complete his high school education, told Al-Monitor.
