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Buteina Halabi with one of her paintings dedicated to the Holocaust
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From Druze village to March of the Living

Buteina Halabi, an artist from northern town of Daliyat al-Karmel who dedicates most of her work to Holocaust, invited to participate in annual march from Auschwitz to Birkenau.

The 12,000 participants in this year's March of the Living from Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz to Birkenau, which takes place Monday, will include a woman artist from the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel in northern Israel.

 

 

Buteina Halabi, 38, a mother of three, dedicates most of her work to the Holocaust. Her paintings are exhibited at a gallery she set up with her husband Tamir at their home, but are not up for sale.

 

"These paintings are like my thoughts and my feelings," she explained in a past interview, "and one doesn't sell one's thoughts and feelings."

 

And how did she come to deal with the Holocaust issue? "In April 2008 I read Yedioth Ahronoth's Holocaust supplement, and when I saw a number of photos from those horrible times I suddenly had this strong gut feeling that I must devote time and energy to this inconceivable and tragic period in the history of the Jewish people, the people with whom I live."

 

First of all, she said, she began studying the subject by reading and watching documentaries and visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum several times.

 

"When I looked at the photos in the museum's commemoration site, I also got the inspiration for the motifs I wanted to draw."

 

Buteina and Tamir, a teacher, also offer classes on the Holocaust in the Druze sector and give lectures at local schools.

 

Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, chairman of the March of the Living, and his deputy and General Director Aharon Tamir, decided to invite Buteina to the annual march as a token of appreciation for her important work.

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.28.14, 01:02
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