Tawakkol Karman Foundation

The war that has been raging in Yemen for four years has had negative consequences on various sectors in Yemen. Culture, art, and means of peace have had the largest share of it, considering that the Art sector in Yemen did not receive the necessary attention before the time of war. And in addition to being neglected before the war, it was ignored and often destroyed after its outbreak. 

Hashem Ali is one of the affected artists, despite his long artistic career and expertise. Ali is considered to be a pioneer in graphic art in the Arab world. His art classes were the first art class in Yemen, from which many artists graduated, and became established artists in the Yemeni scene. Despite his efforts, Ali did not receive the governmental support and recognition that he deserved.

Hashim Ali arrived and settled in Taiz city in the sixties, and since then he was unable to build or buy a house of his own. When the war broke out the house he rented was bombed and destroyed. In appreciation of his long artistic efforts, A group of activists and artists in the city of Taiz wanted to support the artist's family through an exhibition titled ‘We are all Hashem Ali’ where 20 artists from different Yemeni governorates participated. And as part of its efforts to revive the symbols of peace, art, and coexistence, the TKF responded to the activists' call and took the initiative to purchase a painting by the artist amounted to 4 million riyals from the exhibition, and it processed to buy a house for Hashem Ali and his family.