West Bank & Jerusalem
Palestinian art centre gives West Bank children space to paint beyond checkpoints
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In a converted home on Hebron's outskirts, a Palestinian woman has established an art centre where children draw to process experiences of settler violence and Israeli military presence, according to Al-Monitor. The centre uses painting and drawing as a therapeutic tool for young Palestinians navigating life under occupation, with art serving as a means to express hopes and realities shaped by checkpoints and conflict.
The initiative reflects broader efforts across the occupied West Bank to provide children with spaces for creative expression and emotional processing amid the constraints of daily life under military control and settlement expansion.
