1987 Intifada

Popular uprisings fortify our power to regenerate modes of resistance and dismantle colonial systems.

We carry on the long tradition of accountability to the grassroots that is necessary to maintain the integrity of our movement. We recognize that our communal well-being is only possible by centering the most vulnerable. We assert that all of us – across ability, age, citizenship, class, faith, gender, geography, political affiliation, race, and sexuality – constitute an ecosystem defined by anti-colonial consciousness, self-reliance, and interdependence. Our struggle confirms that the power of the people is all we need.

Gaza, Palestine

by Dena Mattar

Dena Mattar was born in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza in 1985. In 2007 she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Al-Aqsa University. Dena is a school teacher, has also worked as a lecturer in Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University, and is a founding member of the Contemporary Art Convergence Group in Gaza. She was awarded an art residency scholarship in Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts, in 2012 and in 2018 was awarded a Humanitarian Award by the Czech Government for Fine Arts. Dena’s works have been exhibited in Palestine and abroad, receiving invitations to exhibit her work in Britain, Italy, Switzerland, France, Austria, Japan, Egypt, Jordan, Dubai and Qatar, among others.