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Laila Shawa

Laila Shawa (Born 1940) is active/lives in Palestinian Territory, Occupied.  Laila Shawa is known for Painting.

From the series Walls of Gaza III, Against the Wall is a key work from Laila Shawa's third Walls of Gaza series: see also Target 2009, Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern and South Asian Art, Bonhams, 3rd June 2009, lot 87.

Conceived in response to the tragically high death toll amongst Gaza's children during violent military assaults in January 2009, Against the Wall critically utilizes Palestine's pop-icon Handala, Naji al-Ali's (1936-1987) much-loved cartoon character.  A refugee from Ash Shajara, one of the hundreds of villages destroyed during the 1948 Nakhba, and a fervent activist for the right to return, Naji al-Ali drew acerbic political cartoons criticizing US, Arab and Israeli policies alike.  All included the simple, almost incidental figure of a small boy dressed in rags with his back turned towards the viewer.

"I presented him to the poor and named him Handala as a symbol   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4967 characters.]  Artist bio

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