Omar and Ibrahim built the Phoenix Library amid Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, building a collection of books gathered from the rubble of mosques, universities, schools, libraries, and other educational spaces systematically destroyed by Israel.


This video was made as part of a profile of Gaza's Phoenix Library

The latest issue of THE KEY features a written profile of Omar Hamad and Ibrahim Almasri, co-founders of the Phoenix Library - this video was made as part of that profile.

You can read it here: https://www.thekeymagazine.com/p/phoenix-library-gaza-omar-hamad-genocide-israel

"The Phoenix Library initiative," writes Husam Maarouf, "lays a foundation on which to build, again, structures of meaning, knowledge and culture. While everybody here is consumed with the effort to survive—physically, a new generation of Palestinians is engaged in building the consciousness necessary for people to embark on a new phase of life on this devastated land."

Read the full profile, with photographs by Tia Maarouf on The Key at the link above.

Videography by Abdul-Qadir Sabah @abd.sabbah

Edited by Dalia El Sayed @daliasadiq

With thanks to Mai Saad @_maisaad_