Palestine Lives! · Honoring Gaza
Palestinian Artists & Poets
Artists and poets based in Gaza whose work is featured in the Palestine Lives! Virtual Exhibit and Patterns of Return Poetry Anthology.
This page centers the Palestinian artists and poets based in Gaza who entrusted us with their work. Each one is creating under conditions of extraordinary hardship — siege, displacement, and ongoing genocide. Their participation in this campaign is an act of resistance and courage. We are honored to amplify their voices and committed to ensuring they are compensated for their contributions.
Featured in the 3D Virtual Exhibit
Artists from Gaza
Four visual artists from Gaza whose work is featured in the Palestine Lives! 3D Virtual Exhibit.
Kholoud Hammad
Gaza, Palestine
Artist and graphic designer based in Gaza, working across digital and traditional media. Her practice focuses on expressive visual storytelling, translating lived experiences, emotion, memory, and the realities around her into visual form. “Art is my language when words fall silent.”
Mahmoud Al-Muqayad
Gaza, Palestine
Photographer and sound engineer from Gaza. The war and blockade have forced him to stop working as an artist. “Your support today, whether by purchasing my art or contributing to my campaign, is a direct investment in my survival and my education.”
Noura Al-Qasasia
Gaza, Palestine
26-year-old Palestinian artist and fashion designer, born in Germany and based in Gaza. Her work sheds light on displacement, migration, loss, and resilience. Founder of “Breathe and Paint for Healing Art in Gaza,” supporting girls and children in processing trauma through art.
Sara Iyad Ibrahim Tayeh
Gaza, Palestine
Gazan artist blending symbolic imagery, distorted forms, and intense color to convey emotional depth. Her work transforms lived experience into visual language, exploring themes of alienation, occupation, and resilience. Each piece becomes an act of witnessing and survival.
Featured in Patterns of Return
Poets from Gaza
Eight poets from Gaza whose work is featured in the Patterns of Return Poetry Anthology.
Ahmed Sarsour
Gaza, Palestine
Palestinian–Sudanese poet, aspiring filmmaker, activist, and human rights advocate shaped by displacement and resistance. A self-taught English writer, his work is forged through pain, love, and resilience. His poetry challenges dehumanization and affirms art as resistance.
Farah Elbahnasawi
Gaza, Palestine
Poet, voice-over artist, storyteller, and translator from Gaza. She graduated with distinction in English Literature from the Islamic University of Gaza. Her work has appeared on Opol-Space, Baladi Magazine, and Voices from Gaza, with poems translated into Spanish.
Fatena Abu Mostafa
Gaza, Palestine
Translator, storyteller, and poet from Gaza. She studied under Palestinian poet and activist Refaat Alareer. Currently pursuing Creative Practice (Poetry and Performance) at Atlantic Technological University in Galway. Her work gives voice to the unspoken experiences of Gazans.
Marah Muhammad Al Khatib
Gaza, Palestine
Twenty years old, studying artificial intelligence engineering and writing poetry. “My poetry career began since the birth of pain, so we write until we embody the memory of pain with the ink of my hand.” Her work has been published in Spanish, Italian, and English magazines.
Menna Saber
Gaza, Palestine
Translator, audio content presenter, podcaster, aspiring writer, and poet born in 2004. Through her work, she brings life to her voice and the voices of those the world has forgotten. Published with OPOL platform and in her zine “Am I a Survivor?” with Coastal Line Press.
Nour Abdullatif
Gaza, Palestine
Writer from Gaza, a survivor of multiple wars and genocide, and a mother of three. Her poem “If I Must Starve” was published by The New York War Crimes and translated into multiple languages, including Japanese, Estonian, and Spanish. Contributor to Gaza Writes Back.
Roba Al Sharif
Gaza, Palestine
Seventeen-year-old Palestinian poet and writer, one of the youngest Palestinian poets. Author of works published in the UK, Japan, and Italy. Her poems have appeared in Opol, Baladi Magazine, and La Rosa di Gaza. “She writes because the pen should not be taken from us as the land was taken.”
Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
Gaza, Palestine
Palestinian writer, poet, and editor living in Gaza, born 2006. Studies English Literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. A chronicler and guardian of her community’s memory. Her work has appeared in over 30 international platforms. Editor at Baladi Magazine.
These artists and poets are receiving honoraria through the Palestine Lives! campaign — a small but meaningful acknowledgment of their courage, creativity, and generosity in sharing their work with the world.