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Stay home! Reads Gazan artists' sand sculpture of solidarity for coronavirus victims

Sunday, 05 April 2020 1:36 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 05 April 2020 1:38 AM ]

Palestinian artists Tamer al-Deeb and Dorgham Krakeh have created a unique, coronavirus-inspired sand sculpture on the beach in Gaza City, with a message for the world to "stay home".

The artists could be seen building the sculpture from scratch, beginning by flattening the sand, designing the flags and then finally spray-painting the structure. "Today, on the sand, we drew the flags of the countries which have suffered the most deaths worldwide due to coronavirus.

We carved the flag of Spain, Italy, France and China because they are among the countries that have been most exposed to the coronavirus," explained Dorgham Krakeh, one of the artists.

"We would like to deliver a message to the world from the Gaza Strip. With the simplest possibilities we can support the countries where the number of deaths has increased," said Tamer Al-Deeb, the other artist in the duo.

The worldwide total for confirmed cases of COVID-19 has now surpassed 1.1 million. Across the globe, 61,625 have died since the outbreak began. The State of Palestine has reported 210 confirmed cases with one person dying thus far.

(Source: Ruptly)

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