Noura Al-Qasasia

Noura Al-Qasasia is a 26-year-old painter, digital artist, and fashion designer. She was self-taught in fine art and formally trained in fashion design at the University of Applied Sciences.

During the genocide, she started offering art workshops for displaced children, planting sessions in destroyed neighborhoods, and other humanitarian work.

"Sometimes I feel like l'm living all my roles at once: The volunteer, the artist, the daughter, the emotional support for everyone around me. And I'm displaced too. I'm exhausted. But I keep going."

Noura started the Breathe & Paint initiative in 2025 to have art therapists help people in Gaza to use painting and creativity as a tool process trauma, express grief, and reconnect with their inner strength. You can donate to that effort here.

She is also raising funds with her family, who is hoping to evacuate when possible. Currently they are stuck in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City as the IOF invades, and may be forced to leave again after previously being displaced during the genocide.