Gaza: Painter of The Refugee Camp Seeks Palestinian Identity in Art Published January 26th, 2021 - 07:35 GMT
Ismail Matar (Instagram)
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The numerous murals that he painted on the decaying walls of the camp have done more than adding a bit of color to the otherwise grey, cement existence of the crowded neighborhoods.
Ismail Matar is known in southern Gaza as the ‘Painter of the Refugee Camp’. And there is a good reason for that.
A refugee himself, Matar, 22, paints mostly on the walls of the Khan Younis Refugee Camp, in the Southern Gaza Strip where he lives along with his family.