Egyptian artists raise funds for Palestinian children at exhibition

Record ID: 1618362

  • Title: Egyptian artists raise funds for Palestinian children at exhibition
  • Date: 27th May 2021
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MAY 25, 2021) (REUTERS) PEOPLE GATHERING AND CHECKING OUT PAINTINGS AT 'ART TALKS' GALLERY AS PART OF "DOKO AL-JIDRAN" (ARABIC FOR "KNOCK ON THE WALLS") EXHIBITION, AIMED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PALESTINIAN CHILDREN VARIOUS OF EXHIBITED ARTWORKS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FOUNDER OF 'ART TALKS' GALLERY, FATENN KANAFANI, SAYING: "We are talking about 60 Egyptian artists
  • Embargoed: 10th June 2021 14:26
  • Keywords: Egypt Israel Palestinians art exhibition fundraising
  • Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
  • City: CAIRO, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Art,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EEQM4WL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: 60 Egyptian and one Palestinian artists are donating proceedings from their artworks, currently on display at a Cairo exhibition, to support the educational and cultural development of children living in the Palestinian territories.
    Founder of 'Art Talks' gallery in Cairo's upscale Zamalek neighbourhood, Fatenn Kanafani, called on artists who usually exhibit their artworks at her institution to donate some of their works to Palestinian children. She was surprised when tens of artists responded, some "with more than one painting".
    The reaction to her call, she says, was fuelled with recent violence that escalated earlier this month between Palestinians and Israel.
    The 11 days of violence left at least 253 people killed in Gaza and more than 1,900 wounded, according to Palestinian health authorities. The Israeli military put the death toll in Israel at 13, with hundreds treated for injuries.
    Artists will donate all or some of the proceedings to the Lebanon-based Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation. The funds will support Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank, specifically with their cultural and educational development after the conflict, organisers said.
    The exhibition is entitled "Doko al-Jidran", Arabic for "Knock on the walls", and is named after a popular metaphor used in a novel written by renowned late Palestinian author and journalist Ghassan Kanafani, organisers said.
    The exhibition will run until all the 90 artworks are sold, Kanafani said. Prices per one painting range between 500 Egyptian pounds ($32) and 500,000 Egyptian pounds ($31,800).
    (Production: Ahmed Fahmy, Mai Shams El-Din)
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