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    Rise from the rubble: Lebanese artist turns blast debris into symbol of hope

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    Rise from the rubble: Lebanese artist turns blast debris into symbol of hope

    Artist uses rubble from Beirut explosion to fashion a sculpture that speaks nation's pain


    Published:  November 17, 2020 14:08 Reuters  and  compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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    She stands nearly three metres tall with her arm raised, the wind whipping the hair away from her scarred face, and a broken clock at her feet with the hands showing 6.08, the time that a blast ripped through Beirut port on the evening of August 4. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    The unnamed statue by Lebanese artist Hayat Nazer is made of broken glass and twisted materials that belonged to people's homes before the explosion that killed 200 and injured 6,000, and symbolises the city's hopes of rising from the rubble. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    "If you look at the statue, one half has a leg standing, the hand looks surrendered, there is a scar on the face with the flying hair and the clock on this side, as if the explosion is still happening," says Hayat Nazer (pictured). "But the other hand and the other leg...is leaning as if it is starting to walk and the hand is raised, it wants to continue, it wants to keep going and rise from the rubble. And this is the truth, this is our truth," the 33-year-old said. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Nazer believes in Lebanese resilience. She says those affected by the blast who saw the 2.6-metre statue, temporarily displayed in front of the damaged port, drew strength and hope to carry on. Inspired by Lebanese singer Majida El Roumi's "Beirut, Lady of the World" and its lyrics "Rise from under the rubble", Nazer says the statue took her a little more than two months to complete. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    The huge blast, which levelled a swathe of Beirut and made some 300,000 residents homeless, has compounded Lebanon's worst financial crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. Image Credit: Twitter
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    "I felt like Beirut was a woman...who despite what she suffered...is very strong," she said. She did not name the artwork because she wanted the public to do so. Image Credit: Twitter

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