Oakland: A Child’s View from Gaza
The exhibit had writings form PBBY libraries in Gaza
Oct 2011
After attending the successful USBBY Regional Conference in Fresno California, the prominent writer Beverley Naidoo and Jehan Helou (IBBY-Palestine) visited the exhibition of "A Child’s View from Gaza" in Oakland which is organized by Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA).
IBBY Palestine provided children writings from Children in Crisis libraries. The art exhibit opened in the courtyard outside of the Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA) who censored the exhibit #to a tremendous crowd of supporters’.
Pictures are of MECCA’s Executive Director Barbara Lubin, Leena al- Arian Program and Communications Director, Beverley Naidoo, and Jehan Helou
in addition to the drawings and writings.
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