Decades-old photos show ‘joyful’ Gaza in happier times.
Summary
An exhibition in Marseille is showing 300 photos of Gaza taken from the 1940s to the 1970s. The photos were taken by Kegham Djeghalian Sr, who opened the first photo studio in Gaza in 1944.Key Facts
- The exhibition is held in the city of Marseille.
- It features 300 photographs from Gaza.
- The photos date from the 1940s through the 1970s.
- Kegham Djeghalian Sr was the photographer.
- He opened Gaza’s first photo studio in 1944.
- The studio started operating four years before the Nakba (the 1948 Palestinian displacement).
- The photos show life in Gaza during a time earlier than many recent conflicts.
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