Witnessing the unfolding tragedy in Gaza, more than 500 women artists from the Islamic Revolution of Iran have released a moving statement condemning the violence and affirming their support for the women of Palestine, whom they depict as resilient artists in the face of immense suffering.
Gaza: A Small Land, A Grand Stage of Pain and Love
For a long time now, on a small patch of this earth, a most crucial act of history’s drama is unfolding before our eyes; Gaza—a land small in size but vast in spirit, where its gifted people paint scenes of pain and love upon the stage of life.
Here, in this part of the world it seems, music notes are set to the thunder of exploding rockets!
Strangely, the canvas of its thousand images bears but one color: the color of blood.
In this place, the poetry is written with the bodies of innocent, half-grown children, their tiny forms becoming the rhyme and rhythm that awaken the sleeping consciences of the world.
Its stories are told by the hearts of mothers, who, not long after singing a lullaby in the night, find their arms empty at dawn—bereft of their beloved children.
The flames that devour homes and tents cast the occasional light on Gaza’s agony, captured in fleeting, searing images.
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And yet, artists abound here…
The gentle yet unyielding spirits of Gaza’s women are like master painters, who with patience and gratitude, inscribe beauty and color onto the cold, dark face of time, breathing new life into it. They have chosen patience over restlessness, gratitude over complaint.
Surely, art—sublime and illuminated by divine light—can reveal this living truth to the world.
Thus, we, the women artists of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, stand in solidarity with all freedom-loving artists of the world. We condemn the horrific crimes of the child-killing, woman-hating Zionist regime, and renew our covenant with the heroic women of Gaza. We call all to prayer and supplication, and pledge that, until the liberation of holy Jerusalem, we will spare no effort in supporting them.
Salutations to the steadfast, patient women and mothers of Gaza.
Peace upon the martyrs of resistance.
Women Artists of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, April 2025
From: basijnews