There is one particular Lebanese artist named Hayat Nazer who uses her ability and also creativity to channel her grief and also pain that she has suffered all this while. She stated that she clearly does not remember a particular time when Lebanon was ever at peace. She has channeled all her feelings into very beautiful works of art that she made.
According to Hayat Nazer story, she was on her way to Beirut on the 4th of August when suddenly a massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded at the particular port. This action had killed 190 people, injuring more than 6,000, and also leaving more than 300,000 people got displaced from their own homes.
Lebanon has faced a lot of problems for months because of the political turmoil, economic collapse, and also a worsening coronavirus outbreak. The weight of it all had nearly paralyzed the small country. Hayat Nazer stated that “The explosion broke my heart. I was just devastated. I was traumatized, but honestly, all of us in Lebanon are traumatized”.
She has joined her community to clean debris and restore the city to its former glory. That’s when she got the idea to use some of what she found to create a statue that could inspire her people to unite and rebuild. She said, “When I’m feeling that way I just try to help and fix and heal through art, so this is my way of accepting reality and trying to build my people back up”.
