If the Olive Trees Knew

Courtesy of Malak Mattar and Peter Kennard

At a time when images from Gaza and across Palestine circulate with relentless speed, often flattened into statistics or fleeting headlines, art insists on something deeper. It insists on the humanity of our wounds and rage. The exhibition “If the Olive Trees Knew,” held at BOTH Gallery in London, does precisely this. Bringing together my journey as a Palestinian artist and that of London-based artist Peter Kennard, the show is not merely an artistic collaboration; it is an urgent act of witnessing and protesting.