Yahya R. Sarraj

Yahya R. Sarraj
Mayor of Gaza City

Our Lives and Culture in Gaza Are in Rubble.

As a teenager in the 1980s, I watched the construction of the intricately designed Rashad al-Shawa Cultural Center in Gaza City, named after one of Gaza’s greatest public figures, and its theater, grand hall, public library, printing press and cultural salon. Students and researchers, scholars…