This is one of the few outdoor exhibitions, and even though the photographs are too small, the initiative is charming and worthy of of our praise. Sami Haven, 26, left his native Jordan to study three years in Rome, where he became passionately involved with the “Palestinian Question” and Gaza. He photographed young, bare-chested athletes testing their fitness against an incredible, bombed-out backdrop. They’re like birds in a 45 x 5-kilometer cage who, when they go “south,” feel as though they’ve been on vacation.
This is the youth of Palestine—a far cry from the images of Hamas and terrorism—who never pity themselves but who nonetheless feel the difficulty of their situation, captured in photographs by Sami, who hopes to return to Gaza to continue his fight against cliché but is unable to obtain a visa. He perhaps deserved a more substancial exhibition, provided t we help him choose his photographs, which he finds to be the most challenging step. For now, he continues to dream while gazing at his colorful pictures of the night over Gaza.
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