Gaza’s scarred ballerinas: artist does not dance around the issue

The painter depicts women who ‘live in a ticking bomb’

20 September 2021 - 19:43 By Nidal Al Mughrabi

Palestinian artist Abeer Jebril’s dark-coloured paintings show ballerinas chained in barbed wire, dancing on rocks or facing barricades to mirror what she calls the “ticking bomb” reality for women in Gaza...

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