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30 seconds in Gaza
October 14, 20247:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Prior registration required.
Registration using this form.
In Arabic and Spanish, with simultaneous translation.
https://forms.gle/VKqNmyz9fwyHv2b89Casa Árabe, with the cooperation of the Al Fanar Foundation for Arab Knowledge, is presenting this book by Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh on Monday, October 14. Sign up here to attend or watch it live on YouTube.
The videos on social networks sent by Gazans documenting the massacre they have been suffering since October 7 have a duration of 30 seconds. They include videos and photographs are often deleted by social networks themselves. “That is why I made the decision to create drawings of these videos, as a tool for documentation that cannot be erased in order to cover up the crimes being committed against the people of Gaza,” says Mohammed Sabaaneh, the book’s author.
The illustrations were not made digitally, but instead were hand-drawn using Chinese ink on paper, since “it cannot be erased with water or any other solution, as a metaphor showing that the blood we see cold and dry in the broadcasts from Gaza, in its hospitals and on the faces of Gaza’s children... will never be erased or forgotten,” says the renowned Palestinian cartoonist.
"30 seconds in Gaza" is a publishing project with a foreword by the Israeli historian Ilan Papé published simultaneously in France, Italy and Spain. The latest edition of the publication was made possible thanks to the crowdfunding campaign by the Al Fanar Foundation for Arab Knowledge. Once the publishing costs have been covered, all of the funds raised will go to Gaza as part of the cocinaXpalestina campaign.
Sabaaneh will be holding a dialogue with Luz Gómez, a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Presenting the event is Karim Hauser, coordinator of Casa Árabe’s Cultural Programs.
Mohammad Sabaaneh, a cartoonist, Palestinian by origin and background. His drawings bear witness to the constant journey by the Palestinian people under oppression. In his drawings there is a outcry for justice, freedom, dignity... food and water: humanity, future, life. During his career, he has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post and Al Quds Al Arabi. He is a member of the International Cartoon Movement and has received several awards, including the EWK Award in 2024. His exhibitions have been shown around the world, having participated in “History and Identity of Palestine” in Spain. His lectures at universities like Columbia and Georgetown reflect the global recognition he has received. In 2017, he represented Palestine at the UN with a mural. He has curated three major exhibitions in Palestine and has published books translated into several languages. His first graphic novel, “Power Born of Dreams: My history of Palestine,” has been published in the United States,Italy and France. Sabaaneh also uses his art to support deaf students and traumatized children, asserting that Palestinian art is a form of resistance and a means to inspire hope and peace.
The illustrations were not made digitally, but instead were hand-drawn using Chinese ink on paper, since “it cannot be erased with water or any other solution, as a metaphor showing that the blood we see cold and dry in the broadcasts from Gaza, in its hospitals and on the faces of Gaza’s children... will never be erased or forgotten,” says the renowned Palestinian cartoonist.
"30 seconds in Gaza" is a publishing project with a foreword by the Israeli historian Ilan Papé published simultaneously in France, Italy and Spain. The latest edition of the publication was made possible thanks to the crowdfunding campaign by the Al Fanar Foundation for Arab Knowledge. Once the publishing costs have been covered, all of the funds raised will go to Gaza as part of the cocinaXpalestina campaign.
Sabaaneh will be holding a dialogue with Luz Gómez, a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Presenting the event is Karim Hauser, coordinator of Casa Árabe’s Cultural Programs.
Mohammad Sabaaneh, a cartoonist, Palestinian by origin and background. His drawings bear witness to the constant journey by the Palestinian people under oppression. In his drawings there is a outcry for justice, freedom, dignity... food and water: humanity, future, life. During his career, he has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post and Al Quds Al Arabi. He is a member of the International Cartoon Movement and has received several awards, including the EWK Award in 2024. His exhibitions have been shown around the world, having participated in “History and Identity of Palestine” in Spain. His lectures at universities like Columbia and Georgetown reflect the global recognition he has received. In 2017, he represented Palestine at the UN with a mural. He has curated three major exhibitions in Palestine and has published books translated into several languages. His first graphic novel, “Power Born of Dreams: My history of Palestine,” has been published in the United States,Italy and France. Sabaaneh also uses his art to support deaf students and traumatized children, asserting that Palestinian art is a form of resistance and a means to inspire hope and peace.
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