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Palestinian artist brings Japanese origami to Gaza

In a small studio packed with sculptures made of scrap metal, Palestinian artist Ahmed Humaid has found a new medium in origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. It's an unlikely pursuit for an artist living in the Gaza Strip, which has been largely cut off from the outside world since Israel and Egypt imposed a crippling blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory more than a decade ago.

Published 27.01.2019 15:00
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But the 29-year-old Humaid, who has no regular job, says interest in origami is on the rise. "With more people asking about it, this work has turned into a source of income for me," said Humaid, who lives in Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Humaid practices a form of origami in which he folds and forms the pages of an entire book into a readable inscription of calligraphic letters.
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