Painters bring new life to hard-hit areas in Gaza
Source: Times of Israel
The Shati refugee camp, where 87,000 people live in half a square kilometer and among the coastal strip’s poorest areas, gets cleaned, painted by volunteer artists
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Shati refugee camp in Gaza City has always been a symbol of poverty, a grey concrete jungle with 87,000 people packed into half a square kilometer, or about one fifth of a square mile.
But now, overlooking the sewage-contaminated Mediterranean beachfront, the camp’s houses are covered in vibrant colors.
About two dozen artists have painted the walls, doorsteps and facades of all the houses along a 1.5 kilometer-long (mile-long) edge, including in the area where Hamas chief Ismail Haniya lives.
Gaza has not been a colorful place to live in recent years. The Islamic militant Hamas group conquered the seaside territory by force in 2007 and has since fought three major wars with Israel, the deadliest and most destructive of them in the summer of 2014.
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