Letter 9: It is happening again
Photo taken in Nabatiyé, South Lebanon. House of Aunt Afaf damaged by Israeli bombing in 2024. Aunt Afaf was killed by another Israeli airstrike that reduced her apartment to ashes on 8th of April 2026. Letters From The Ground 9: It is happening again From: Mohamad Hamdan - Engineer in Mathematics, Practitioner in Theatre, Practitioner in Nonviolent Communication To colleagues working across cultural and development policymaking, cultural foundations and institutions and donor bodies Preface I write this letter as my country - Lebanon - and region are under attack. I write as a way to resist, surrounded by the sound of drones, missiles, and bombings. I write because what is happening here is not isolated from what is unfolding on a larger, global scale. Here, it is more intense, more visible. What we live and witness is part of a broader system of control, domination, and oppression worldwide. I hope to contribute to the conversation on art and culture in such times, ...