Diaries From Gaza
Sohail Salem
Limited Edition of 100
Published by Zitto Editions, January 2026

15.00 Euro
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This booklet reproduces a sketchbook of drawings by artist Sohail Salem created between 26 June 2024 and 7 July 2024 in Gaza. 

The original was presented at the Gaza Biennale pavilions in London, Athens and Berlin.
Printed in an edition of 100 in January 2026 in Berlin (first edition).
Produced by Zitto editions, with Bernd Grether and Kasia Fudakowski.
Thanks to Julia Gyemant, Gabriela Seith and the Forbidden Museum, Jabal Al Risan.

Copyright Sohail Salem.

Sohail Salem’s drawings are traces of a journey marked by violence, forced displacement, arrest and torture. Falling free, but creating anyway. 

‘Every day, a story or tale inspires me to create one or more drawings. […] My first drawing was of a violet flower, and I asked the kind fairy to transform it into a rose. Courageously, it did something its violet sisters didn’t dare to do, inspired by the story of the ambitious violet by Khalil Gibran. It’s the violet that didn’t pay attention to disappointment or fear.

Filled with light that doesn’t fade, despite the constant noise of airplanes in Gaza’s sky and the explosions that cause me headaches and loss of focus, sometimes even temporary memory loss. With my trembling hands, I try to draw without hesitation and share my sketches on social media whenever I can. The cold blue page started to catch fire as it grew hotter with the interactions from my friends. My drawings are a message to the world, a call for help.’