Nabile Anani
2023 Art Laureate
Art is a vital form of resisting occupation and fighting oppression.”
“With our literature and art, we Palestinians keep reminding ourselves that we are still beautiful people despite the brutal occupation and despite decades of anguish and death, because our beauty is above the occupation and not under it! “
“I am motivated by anger! But I hide my anger behind colour and irony because I need people to understand the reality and absurdity of the human condition.”
“Everybody can participate in space exploration and research; it’s not limited only to governments anymore.”
“The greatest struggle and the greatest triumph of Palestinian writers lies in their refusal to become humanity’s cringing victims.”
“After listening to the testimonies of many Palestinian artists about their childhood after the Nakba and under the Occupation, I believe that true talent emerges in defiance of all the forces of oppression, subjugation, and denial.”
Mahmoud Shukai
2023 Literature Laureate
“Jerusalem is the city which taught me how to be in favor of love, freedom, peace and diversity.”
George Totari
2024 Art Laureate
“Love is what connects us to our land our people. Love is the most powerful weapon on earth.”“Love is what connects us to our land our people. Love is the most powerful weapon on earth.”
Liana Badr
2024 Literature Laureate
“I write to color my life, which is marked by the dust of the wars that my people and I have lived through.”