FINE ART PRINT SALE

UNTIL DECEMBER 15

PROFITS TO PALESTINIAN ARTISTS

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

We are a community of photographers and visual storytellers from across the Arabic-speaking world, standing in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of Israel's settler-colonial occupation.

Why we're doing this:

As the genocide unfolds before our eyes, in Gaza and the West Bank, courageous Palestinian photographers, visual storytellers and citizen journalists are working tirelessly to document the relentless attacks on their land, on their loved ones, and on their very existence.

Now, more so than ever, it is imperative to amplify Palestinian narratives, and to support those currently documenting the ongoing atrocities. We are launching this print sale to support these artists and image-makers as they wield their cameras against injustice and bring clarity to the fog of war.

All proceeds from this print sale, regardless of which print you purchase, will go directly to support their continued work and recovery from the ongoing conflict, when the guns go silent.

Together, let us help ensure the future of Palestinian narratives.

Why a print sale?

If our primary goal was to ensure the delivery of basic necessities, which are in urgent need, a print sale would not be an efficient way to go about this. But this is not a charity drive for humanitarian relief — this is an artwork sale.

Within the regional visual community, we have an unfortunately ever-dwindling resource of image-makers forging narratives from within the actively besieged areas of Palestine. Our focus is to directly support our colleagues currently working under unimaginable conditions, bearing witness to unspeakable atrocities with their cameras.

With the blessing of the Palestinian contributors in this collection, we hope to ease the burden carried by these artists, and propel their work as wide, and as far, as we can.

What will I receive?

A3 fine art print on Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre (200gsm)
Each printed image is presented in the original aspect ratio without any cropping — Please view each image preview carefully to see a preview of the final artwork size.
We are not offering these with any add-on frames from our custom framing service, to keep costs low.
Each print will be packaged on foam-board, covered by a plastic sheet.

Who is participating?

A group of Palestinian photographers, alongside a collective of mentees from the Arab Documentary Photography Program.

However, regardless of which image you purchase, all proceeds will go to image-makers currently in Gaza and the West Bank, via the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.

As members of the regional image-making community, we all feel deeply about this cause, and are working together to help our colleagues.

Where does the money go?

The profits (AED438 / $119.25) of each print sold will be given to artists currently in Gaza and the West Bank.

Prints are available for AED495.00 ($134.77). Here are the costs:

Printing and packaging: AED32.00 ($8.71)
5% VAT: AED25.00 ($6.81)
Shipping: paid additionally by you, the buyer, and goes directly to the shipping company — no profits are generated from this.
Transfer fees: this cost depends on the recipients choice of transfer method, but this will be covered by the facilitating parties, and will not impact the final profit value

Gulf Photo Plus has been selling artwork by regional photographers since 2013, sharing profits equally. For this sale, all profits will be transferred to the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), which will then be distributed by AFAC to a group of Palestinian image-makers — how they use these funds is then wholly at their discretion. We will publicly provide proof of transfer at the conclusion of the sale.

Where does the title come from?

Majd Arandas, whose work is featured in this sale, sent us a voice note just a few days before he was killed in an air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, on November 1st, 2023.

Majd said: "I wish for a day when life and beauty return to Gaza, and for peace to spread throughout all of Palestinian land. I wish to photograph beautiful things... cities in the West Bank, cities in Occupied Palestine, and visit many cities across the world and capture beautiful things there — beauty that the citizens in Gaza are kept from witnessing because of the Israeli occupation, whether it's in their own homeland or elsewhere in the world!"

In 2022, Majd was forced to sell his camera to make ends' meet, but continued making work with with his phone, and was hoping to purchase a new camera soon.

By supporting Palestinian artists, we hope to foster more image-makers like Majd, and provide them with what they need, to someday document the beauty around them.

Palestinian Contributions

Artwork from Palestinian artists — many currently in Gaza and the West Bank, and some ADPP mentees living abroad.

Ameen Abo Kaseem, Dalia Khamissy, Fatima Shbair, Iman Aldabbagh, Kholood Eid, Lina Khalid, Maen Hammad, Majd Arandas, Nadia Bseiso, Nidal Rohmi, Rehaf Batniji, Samar Abu Elouf, Sanad Latefa, Sondos Azzam, Tanya Habjouqa

“Go outside and take a photo of my wedding dress. It’s the one hanging on the rope outside” Majd’s 85-yr-old grandmother, Bahjat, told him.

Palestinian women’s dresses are unique in their embroidery. Usually colorful, and worn for the happiest of occasions, each color and style symbolizes a different city.

Less than a year after this photo was taken, Majd was killed by the Israeli occupation.

Majd Arandas, (1994 - 2023) was killed in an Israeli airstrike on November 1.

Born in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, Majd was a proud graduate of Al-Aqsa University in Gaza from the Faculty of Information, Radio, and Television Department. He embarked on his self-taught photography journey in 2017 using YouTube videos and various online resources.

In 2018, Majd took his craft to the field, volunteering with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. There, his camera became a witness to the tireless work of ambulance crews and the poignant realities faced during the border protests near the Gaza Strip.

His photographs — raw, emotive, and honest — were featured on the World Health Organization website and Tagree magazine.

Majd's talents were further showcased in a photography exhibition by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City.

Last year, he was forced to sell his camera to be able to afford to live, and many of his photos seen on his feed were taken on his mobile phone, a fact for which he apologized to us when submitting his images — such was his humility and grace.

His photos of daily life in Gaza is a testimony to the resilience of the Palestinian people and his beautiful documentation of them will serve to remind us that even in death, Palestinians teach us life.

@majd.arandas on Instagram

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Palestinian girls celebrate Eid in Gaza City, Gaza — @fatimashbair

Fatima Shbair, born in 1997, is a Palestinian photojournalist based in Gaza City. She is a self-taught photographer and has an interest in documenting people's stories, cultures, and social issues.

After studying business administration for three years at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, Shbair switched to study journalism and began concentrating on photojournalism in 2019 through independent study and working in the field.

In 2020, Shbair began to receive assignments from several international agencies, including Getty Images and The New York Times, to cover her hometown as tensions continued between Israel and Palestine. Her assignments increased in 2021 but came with the challenge of working during a global pandemic, which also strained and ravaged her own community. Shbair is currently a contributor to Everyday Middle East and continues her work with Getty Images. Her work has been exhibited in Palestine, the UAE, London, and Paris.

As a women photojournalist, Shbair’s gender and line of work are challenged daily, due to the conservative nature of society in Gaza, and the prevenance of male photojournalists in the industry.

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A small watermelon grows on a vine at my grandmother’s house in Helhul, situated in the southern region of the occupied West Bank. The image was captured two days before the outbreak of the war. My grandmother had used the skin and seeds of a previous watermelon as compost on her land months earlier.

For decades, the watermelon has served as a symbol of Palestinian resilience. It first emerged after the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza, including East Jerusalem. In response to the Israeli regime's ban on public displays of the Palestinian flag, Palestinians began using the watermelon as an expression of their identity, as the fruit's colors mirror those of the Palestinian flag. — @maenster

I consider myself a dedicated creative, always encouraged to explore in the imaginative and to play around with the mundane. I have had my work published in international magazines and for organizations such as The New Yorker, Amnesty International, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. I am a Magnum Foundation grantee as well as an Up Next member of Diverisfy Photo.

I’ve been documenting the Palestinian skateboard scene for the last six years and I engage in reciprocal nourishment with this community. I was born in Palestine, raised in the American suburbs of Michigan, and am currently based in Washington, D.C. Alongside being a photographer and filmmaker I work as a human rights researcher and campaigner.

I’m currently working on, Landing, a long-term documentary photography project with support from AFAC and the Prince Claus Foundation in partnership with the Magnum Foundation.

I’ve had my work exhibited worldwide and in the permanent collection of the the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. I have had my thoughts published in TIME and i-D.

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"I do not have a leg, but my son is my crutch"

Wherever you look in Gaza, you find people with amputations. There are at least 1,600 amputees among a Gaza population of two million people. This project documents the lives, ambitions, and challenges of Palestinians who have lost their limbs during the Gaza war and “Great March of Return” on the border. — @sameh_rahmi

Nidal Rohmi is a photojournalist based in the Gaza Strip.

Rohmi has been covering conflicts and wars in Gaza since 2008 until now, focusing on the tragedy of war and human emotions. With a background in Media & Communication and Design Management, he has worked with many international and local photography agencies.

In 2016, he participated in the Visual Storytelling Photography Workshop in Gaza City by Rawiya Collective and the World Press Photo.

In 2022-2023 he participated in the Arab Documentary Photography Program by The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture in partnership with Magnum Foundation and the Prince Claus Fund.

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A sea that drinks the city; a city that drinks the sea

This is an image from Rehaf's series about the sea in Gaza; a sea that is a refuge for Gazans, but also a sea that is hostile since it is deceptive in its illusion of freedom.

A sea that takes so much but also gives so much. — @rehaf_batniji

Documentary visual storyteller based in Gaza City, Palestine. A self-learner, also a painter and marvels at documenting communities’ cultural life.

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Gaza, Palestine — @samarabuelouf

Samar Abu Elouf is a freelance photojournalist based in Gaza, Palestine. She is a recipient of the James Foley Award in 2021 and an Arab Documentary Photography Program grantee. She is a frequent contributor to @nytimes and a member of @womenphotograph.

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Children light candles in a tent in the middle of the bombed-out houses to mourn the souls of the martyrs who were destroyed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza City. — @sanad.latifaa

I work as a freelance photojournalist. I see the world as a story in pictures.

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Pictured, Ahed Tamimi, a renowned Palestinian activist, portrait taken in nature, just a short walk from her home.

“We do not seek for sympathy internationally, we want for something to happen. I do not want to hear words of respect and admiration, we need action taken. Our youth is being wasted in prison. Any time I might get shot and murdered, how would words of sympathy save me?” Ahed asked me, at the time of this portrait (2021).

At age sixteen, Israel's military jailed Ahed for slapping two heavily armed soldiers wearing protective gear who had shot her cousin at close range in the head. Released at seventeen, just 21 days short of completing an eight-month prison sentence, Ahed studies law and dreams of pursuing a masters in international human rights in Spain. On November 6th, she was arrested from her home in a pre dawn raid from Nabi Saleh in the Occupied West Bank. Her father, Bassem Tamimi, was arrested a week before and has been held in administrative detention.

Ahed shared: "We need to be globally heard as a nation expressing the refusal of occupation as a whole. As long as we are occupied, settlements, borders, and walls will keep getting built. If building the settlement in Nabi Saleh is cancelled then it will be built somewhere else. Why do we lose our lives, get shot and arrested marching over nothing? When there is political solidarity, we would be the first people to collaborate."

Tanya Habjouqa (Jordan/USA), is a an award-winning visual journalist, artist, and educator with a track record of narrative innovation and a reputation for creating dynamic creative work grounded in ethical practice and collaboration.

Trained in anthropology and journalism, with an MA in Global Media and emphasis on Middle Eastern politics, her work focuses on gender, representations of otherness, dispossession, resettlement, and human rights.

With close to 20 years of experience, Habjouqa has become a leading voice in the advancement of new documentary practices that seek to reframe news and politics through a more nuanced, culturally literate lens. She is the author of the ground-breaking book Occupied Pleasures (2015), a founding member of Rawiya, the first all-female photography collective from the Middle East and her work is in the collections of MFA Boston, Institut du Monde Arab, and the Carnegie Museum of Art.

She is a mentor for the Arab Documentary Photography Program, nurturing marginalized narratives and narrative-creators with the space and skills to tell their stories.

Habjouqa fuses a mordant sense of irony with unstinting, forensic interrogations of the implications of geopolitical conflict on human lives, weaving narratives infused with folklore and dark humor.

A Nikon Europe Ambassador, she is a winner of the 2014 World Press Photo and a key advisor and educator to NOOR Foundation and Nikon NOOR academy.

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Dazed from Waiting

Ameen Abo Kaseem

Dhs. 495.00

Calling Home

Dalia Khamissy

Dhs. 495.00

Bubble bath on top of the rubble

Eman Mohamed

Dhs. 495.00

Ansam and a Camel

Iman Aldabbagh

Dhs. 495.00

Gazing at Gaza, from afar

Kholood Eid

Dhs. 495.00

The way to the West Bank

Lina Khalid

Dhs. 495.00

Finding Palestine

Nadia Bseiso

Dhs. 495.00

Nāranga

Sondoz Azzam

Dhs. 495.00

Regional Contributions

Artwork from the Arabic-speaking world, by mentees of the Arab Documentary Photography Program — all agreeing to forfeit their profits.

Ahmed Qabel, Amina Kadous, Aya Albarghathy, Btihal Remli, Celia Bougdal, Doaa Nasr, Ebrahim Elmoly, Elsie Haddad, Gabriel Ferneini, Ghayyan Al Amine, Hadeer Mahmoud, Heba Khalifa, Hesham Elsherif, Hicham Gardaf, Ieva Saudargaite Douaihi, Imane Djamil, Karrar Nasser, Lara Chahine, M'hammed Kilito, Manu Ferneini, Mehdy Mariouch, Mennatalah Khaled, Mohamed Altoum, Mohamed Hozyen, Mohamed Mahdy, Mohammad Kotb, Mohammed Alkouh, Mohammed Nammoor, Mustafa Saeed, Myriam Boulos, Nadine Al Koudsi, Natalie Naccache, Nisreen Nader, Rehab Eldalil, Roger Anis, Roger Mokbel, Sara Sallam, Sara Younes, Seif Kousmate, Shaima Al Tamimi, Tamara Saadé, Tarek Haddad, Thana Faroq, Zied Ben Romdhane

A piece of heaven