Mayssa Ghazi

Maysaa Ghazi is a 47-year-old artist, mother, and educator. Her sister, Heba Zagout, was martyred by an IOF airstrike at the beginning of the genocide on October 13, 2023, along with two of her children. Throughout the genocide, Maysaa has tried to survive with her own children as she continued to make artwork.

“Imagine that you are living in your home safely with 7 of your children — you go to work at a primary school to teach art to students, and suddenly your whole life is upended and you lose your job, your home, part of your family, and your entire feeling of safety in your homeland... Imagine sleeping without a home and without proper food... this is our situation today in Gaza.”