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Gazan artist recycles scrap, iron waste into artwork

STORY: Gazan artist recycles scrap, iron waste into artwork DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:17 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of artist making art pieces 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ASSAF AL-KHARTI, Artist 3. various of artist making art pieces 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ASSAF AL-KHARTI, Artist 5. various of artist making art pieces STORYLINE: Assaf al-Kharti, a Gaza-based artist, has recycled scrape and iron waste to make figures embodying the problems experienced by the locals. The 29-year-old artist started to make art figures to reflect the problems facing the youths in Gaza, such as travel restrictions, education problems, and unemployment. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ASSAF AL-KHARTI, Artist "I make art figures that simulate the social issues that the Gaza Strip suffers from. I worked on affecting youth migration by producing a suitcase out of scrap. For the viewer, it appears to be empty and light, because it does not carry anything. Still, it is known that scrap and ir

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-ARTISTS

(230220) -- GAZA, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian artist Assaf al-Kharti works at his house in Al-Mughraqa area south of Gaza City, on Feb. 5, 2023. Artists in Gaza, who have lived for years in tension, violence, and hardship under the Israeli blockade, have called attention worldwide to the bleak reality unnoticed by the global audience. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Gazan artists call out gloomy reality through prism of art

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-ARTISTS

(230220) -- GAZA, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian artist Assaf al-Kharti works on an artwork made with recycled scrap at his house in Al-Mughraqa area south of Gaza City, on Feb. 5, 2023. Artists in Gaza, who have lived for years in tension, violence, and hardship under the Israeli blockade, have called attention worldwide to the bleak reality unnoticed by the global audience. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Gazan artists call out gloomy reality through prism of art

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-ARTISTS

(230220) -- GAZA, Feb. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian artist Assaf al-Kharti works on an artwork made with recycled scrap at his house in Al-Mughraqa area south of Gaza City, on Feb. 5, 2023. Artists in Gaza, who have lived for years in tension, violence, and hardship under the Israeli blockade, have called attention worldwide to the bleak reality unnoticed by the global audience. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Gazan artists call out gloomy reality through prism of art

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-ARTWORKS-RECYCLING

(230112) -- GAZA CITY, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian artist Assaf Musa Al-Kharti cleans a sculpture made from scraps at his house in Gaza City, on Jan. 11, 2023. Assaf Musa Al-Kharti has collected scraps and waste metal to recycle and repurpose them into metal artworks. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-ARTWORKS-RECYCLING

(230112) -- GAZA CITY, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian artist Assaf Musa Al-Kharti works on a sculpture made from scraps at his house in Gaza City, on Jan. 11, 2023. Assaf Musa Al-Kharti has collected scraps and waste metal to recycle and repurpose them into metal artworks. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-ARTWORKS-RECYCLING

(230112) -- GAZA CITY, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian artist Assaf Musa Al-Kharti works on a sculpture made from scraps at his house in Gaza City, on Jan. 11, 2023. Assaf Musa Al-Kharti has collected scraps and waste metal to recycle and repurpose them into metal artworks. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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Gazan artists reflect on bitter reality of local youths through artworks

STORY: Gazan artists reflect on bitter reality of local youths through artworks DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SUHAIR ZAQOUT, Spokesperson for the ICRC in Gaza 3. various of the exhibition in Gaza 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ASSAF AL-KHARTI, Gaza-based artist 5. various of the exhibition in Gaza STORYLINE: About 12 Palestinian artists from Gaza on Wednesday took part in a contemporary visual art exhibition to reflect on the bitter reality of local youths in the coastal enclave. Dubbed "Fenced Off," the two-day exhibition featured dozens of paintings, sculptures, and other artworks that speak about the catastrophic impact of the 15-year Israeli blockade on the lives of the local youths, said Suhair Zaqout, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza, the organizer of the event. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SUHAIR ZAQOUT, Spokesperson for the ICRC in Gaza "T