Islamic Restrictions Hinder Artists, Singers in Gaza - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Hazem Balousha

Hazem Balousha

Apr 2, 2013

A Palestinian artist paints a mural in Gaza City in support of Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails May 14, 2012. One in three of the 4,800 Palestinians serving time in Israeli jails began refusing food on April 17 in protest against detention without trial and to demand better conditions like an increase in family visits and ending solitary confinement. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR321GT — A Palestinian artist paints a mural in Gaza City in support of Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails, May 14, 2012. — REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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Rajab Abu Ghanim (rear C) teaches his daughter, Palestinian girl Shorouq Abu Ghanem, to surf in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gaza City November 5, 2010. Away from Gaza's troubled reality and beyond its polluted shore, Shorouq and Sabah Abu Ghanem surf in a world of their own. The two girls, 13 and 12, learnt how to swim at the age of three at the hand of their lifeguard father. They can swim up to 10 km (6 miles), dive to seven meters (25 feet) and surf on plastic boards that they hope one day to

Surfing in Gaza

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Palestinian singer Reem Talhami from the West Bank, sings with choir members, who attend an UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) funded school, during a performance of the "al-Sununu" concert on April 23, 2013, in Gaza City. The Elena Rostropovich association, in cooperation with UNRWA are organizing the "al-Sununu" (The Swallow) concert which will involving a total of 23 choirs from across the Levant, including the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jo

Palestinian Singer Gives Rare Concert in Gaza

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Teachers stand among school girls during a queue exercise at al-Qahera school in Gaza City April 2, 2013. New rules from the Education Ministry of the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip will bar men from teaching at girls' schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age of nine. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - RTXY5MN

Hamas Intensifies Gaza 'Islamization'

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Israeli activists hold signs in support of Gaza near the entrance to the port of Ashdod October 20, 2012. The Israeli navy seized an international pro-Palestinian activist ship in the Mediterranean sea on Saturday to prevent it breaching its blockade of the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said. She said no one was hurt when marines boarded the SV Estelle, a three-mast schooner, and that it was rerouted to Israel's southern port of Ashdod after it ignored orders to turn away from the Hamas-governed Pales

Hamas Reacts to Israeli Apology To Turkey

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