Karama: Expressions of Resistance from Gaza
Karama is a collaborative exhibition by Dr Tasnim Rezeq, Martin Ruddock, and Ala’ Mustafa that responds to our preceding exhibition, New World Order.
Karama (كرامة) is the Arabic word for dignity. In colonial and military contexts, dignity is not a given, it is something to be stripped away, and something people fight to hold on to.
This exhibition shares the work of young Palestinians who participated in PhotoVoice workshops across Gaza during 2013. Workshops were hosted by the Palestinian Association for Development and Heritage Protection in Beit Lahya, the Palestinian National Association for Youth in Gaza City, and Al Fajr Palestinian Youth Association in Khan Younis.
The works on display show life in Gaza from 2013, with moments of calm and happiness, before moving into the reality of 2025. More than twenty young people shared stories of the Gaza that they knew and loved. Karama centres the voices and visions of children in Gaza in 2013.
Some photographs only tell you what can clearly be seen. We hope you appreciate that these photographs are telling you a great deal about what cannot be seen. About what can no longer be seen.
Karama is a collaboration between Martin Ruddock, who facilitated the PhotoVoice workshops in Gaza, Dr Tasnim Rezeq, who attended the workshops in 2013, and Ala’ Mustafa, a trauma-informed psychologist from the West Bank.
Supported by MA Arts and Cultural Leadership at Winchester School of Art.
