45 visual artists hold exhibition in support of Palestine
Damascus hosted an art exhibition, organized by the Iranian cultural consultancy in Syria, in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, an event that is part of the multiple expressions of regional support for the Palestinian people. Our correspondent in Damascus Hisham Wannous has the details. teleSUR
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00:00 has an art exhibition organized by the Iranian Cultural Consultancy in Syria in solidarity
00:06 with the Gaza Strip, an event that is part of the multiple expression of regional support
00:10 for the Palestinian people in the face of the current aggressions escalation of the
00:14 Sino-Israeli occupation regime.
00:16 Our correspondent in Damascus, Ishan Wenus, with the details.
00:21 The exhibition was attended by 45 visual artists from Iran, Palestine, Syria, and other Arab
00:27 and foreign nationalities.
00:31 The exhibition was a space that served to highlight the need to make use of all available
00:35 means including art and culture to confront the Israeli war of extermination against the
00:41 neighbors of the besieged Gaza Strip.
00:45 We cannot remain silent and we must act in the face of Israeli crimes so that each person
00:51 contributes their bit from their place and their profession and on this basis we as men
00:55 of culture have decided to organize this joint exhibition of Iranian, Syrian and Palestinian
01:01 visual artists to express our united solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just
01:06 cause.
01:09 We have participated in this important activity to ratify our position of support for the
01:14 Palestinian cause because we as Russia and the former Soviet Union have always been in
01:19 favor of this cause and we have always supported the struggle of the Palestinian people and
01:24 the other peoples of the world against Zionism and racism.
01:32 The participants, besides expressing their feelings of solidarity with the Palestinian
01:36 people, reflected in their paintings of different styles and art schools the brutality of the
01:41 Israeli aggression against Gaza, the suffering of children, women and the elderly and at
01:47 the same time the result of the Palestinians and their determination to continue the struggle
01:51 no matter how high the sacrifice is involved until the long desired victory is achieved.
02:03 In its effect, art is equal to bullets on the battlefield and through art artists bring
02:08 the facts to the whole world, unmasking the crimes of the occupier and highlighting the
02:12 heroic deeds of the resistance fighters and their comrades in Gaza and in all the occupied
02:18 territories.
02:21 I have tried to capture in my paintings the anger and pain of the peoples of the world
02:25 who love Palestine and oppose the Zionist enemy and at the same time I wanted to reflect
02:31 the determination of the Palestinian people and show that no matter how hard the Zionist
02:35 enemy and the US enemy try to break the will of the Palestinians, they will not succeed
02:40 because the Palestinian are a people that fights in defense of their rights.
02:45 Each artist has his own style but what unites the artists participating in this exhibition
02:51 is that they express in their paintings the deep wound of the Palestinian people that
02:55 continues to bleed for 75 years and more importantly the continuous heroism of our people over
03:01 the last 75 years.
03:07 In addition to the pain, hardship and sadness that the Palestinians have been experiencing
03:10 for 75 years under Israeli occupation, the artists with their colors and lines embodied
03:17 the hope and faith of this brave people in a future of peace, tranquility and prosperity
03:22 in their ancient usurped land which they trust will soon be liberated with the support and
03:27 solidarity of the other free peoples of the world.