An art and community space in East Garfield Park has been transformed into an immersive exhibit showcasing the life of displaced Gazans. Hung around the small studio are photographs of little children sitting in rubble and ruin, a father securing his family’s tent with sand, a group of young men playing beach volleyball along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Gaza in the photos of Palestinian photojournalist and filmmaker Ismail Abu Hatab is more than destruction and despair.

“It’s not just war and rubble and bombing — there’s life, too,” said Matt Perry, a Chicago organizer for ByPa, a nonprofit platform founded by Abu Hatab that seeks to redefine the Palestinian narrative through art. Perry worked closely with the photojournalist to bring “Between Sky and Sea” to life at Walls Turned

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