The Artist:

Rachid Koraichi (Algerian) is one of the most prominent contemporary Arab visual artists. This exhibit of his features lithographs based on 28 drawings intertwined with a poem by the prominent Algerian writer Mohammed Dib, titled: Al-tifl Jazz wal Harb, or "The Child Jazz" for short. The series of lithographs are a poetic and artistic reflection by Dib and Korachi on childhood and war, and was given as a permanent gift to the Sakakini. The lithographs' longitudinal shape is due to the shape of the case containing them, a long brown box covered in fabric, echoing rifle cases of the start of the last century. The intent was to make a talisman against war, and is this a fitting gift of solidarity to the children of Palestine.