"Kerbaj made the entire Palestinian narrative and support for it matter" review of GAZA IN MY PHONE

"Kerbaj made the entire Palestinian narrative and support for it matter" review of GAZA IN MY PHONE

Posted by The Middle East Monitor on February 23, 2025

"Bringing together a collection of artwork in black and white, Kerbaj walks the reader through the emotions of watching the genocide unfold, and incredulity stands out. Each page connects different slivers of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and while Kerbaj’s art dissects the details of the genocidal politics, the human stands out, whether it depicts Palestinians in Gaza, the artist himself or the collective that protested, witnessed in shock or passively watched. Alienation, after all, is a companion to normalisation. But Kerbaj’s art forces us to step away and watch because the magnitude of being helpless to stop a genocide is what should motivate the entire world to act."

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