Hamas et Fatah dans leur rivalité médiatique

Contemporary art from a city at war: The case of Gaza (Palestine)

“…As Jean-François Legrain wrote, Hamas' proactive policy in the media field can be explained as the result of exacerbating tensions with the Fatah Party that "reinforced Hamas' drive to endow a media apparatus with as much diversity and efficiency as possible, in a context of active marginalization at either the local, regional or international level" (Legrain, 2009). Cultural activities benefit from even a minimal amount of government support, which is basically limited to the production of official art.…”

“…Asda City, for the promotion of cinema in Gaza, was created in 2007 by the Interior Minister, Fathi Hammad(Legrain, 2009).18 Ghoul, Asma, "The Death of Cinema in Gaza", in Al-Monitor, February 6, 2013: http: //www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/02/cinema-gaza-demise.html; see also the film "Gaza 36 mm" by Khalil Mozaien on the destruction of the cinematographic industry in the 1980's by a number of Salafist groups.19 The IFG is affiliated with the French Consulate in Jerusalem and since the beginning of the current decade has assumed the role previously played by the French Cultural Centre (FCC) set up in 1982 in premises belonging to Gaza's Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). This is the only foreign cultural centre operating in Gaza today after the British Council was forced to close in 2006.…”