The Nakba Museum Project presents Art in the Midst of Despair: Voices of Palestinian Refugees

Friday, January 15 – Sunday, February 28 FREE ADMISSION Sun – Mon 10:00am-8:00pm Sat, 9:30am-3:30pm

Meet and Greet with the people involved in the Nakba Project Friday, January 15 at 6:30pm

Calvary Baptist Church Building
733 8th Street NW, Washington DC 20001
(1 block from Gallery Place Chinatown metro station)

The exhibit will feature artwork and photograph by Palestinian artists living in refugee camps. We invite you to join us to witness these stories of struggle, hope, and undying resilience, from artists such as Wael Abu Yabes.

“My parents were displaced from Al Kabo village, Jerusalem in 1948. I was born in Bethlehem in 1988 and have lived in the Dheisheh refugee camp since. Art is a nonviolent way of telling our unheard stories to the world, and colors express our suffering on a deeper level than words could ever convey. I emphasize colors to express my enduring heartache as a Palestinian refugee living in a camp where I can see my displaced village from afar, now an illegal settlement that I am not allowed to visit. I focus on children as I imagine myself as a child who lives inside the camp walls and sees things that people from the outside do not see. I want to show how this affects young Palestinians who endure relentless psychological trauma from being confined by walls and constantly harassed by the Israeli army and settlers. When I was a child I painted a lot of seascapes because I longed so badly to see the sea, something that is very difficult for Palestinians in the West Bank to do as a result of Israeli restrictions on our movement.”

For more information, guided tours, hosting or sponsoring exhibits please contact us at info(at)nakbamuseumproject.com or call us at 202.499.8959.

This exhibit is made possible by the generous support of Calvary Baptist Church and the Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center