Gaza is gray, poor, overpopulated by refugees, and has become known as a powder keg in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We rarely receive any other reports from this tormented desert strip. But many aspects of everyday life in Gaza, less familiar to the rest of the world, are worth discovering. The unique graffiti of the area is one example.Gaza graffiti started in 1987, during the first uprising - or Intifada - against Israeli occupation. At the time, there lacked Palestinian TV, radio broadcasting, and newspapers on the Gaza strip, and the messages that spread along the walls became an important means of communication. All political groups in Gaza - Fatah and Hamas being the dominant ones - have their own graffiti artists. Scrawl is not tolerated - it has to look classy. As a consequence, Hamas even offers evening classes in graffiti.Gaza Graffiti tells us about the many roles of graffiti in Gaza. Apart from political slogans, the walls bear witness to the joy and sadness of Gaza,
