Voices of Resistance and Resilience

EXCERPT

Although the seeds of revolution were planted as early as the 1950s, with aspirations of establishing a free and independent Palestinian state, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was not set up until 1964. A year later, the PLO established the Department of Arts and National Culture with artist and art historian Ismail Shammout at its helm, with Beirut as their stronghold. The incentive in exile, thus, gained momentum, formulating a concentrated endeavor to utilize the power of the visual image within their cause. 

Source:

https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/palestinian-posters