Editing Gaza Strip (section)

==Culture==
{{Main|Culture of Palestine}}
[[File:مدينة أصداء.jpg|thumb|Gaza amusement park]]
[[File:UNRWA Summer Game July 2010.jpg|thumb|Gaza Summer Games 2010, a children's event organized by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees [[UNRWA]]]]

===Fine arts===
The Gaza Strip has been home to a significant branch of the contemporary Palestinian art movement since the mid-20th century. Notable artists include painters Ismail Ashour, Shafiq Redwan, Bashir Senwar, Majed Shalla, Fayez Sersawi, Abdul Rahman al Muzayan and [[Ismail Shammout]], and media artists [[Taysir Batniji]] (who lives in France) and [[Laila Shawa|Laila al Shawa]] (who lives in London). An emerging generation of artists is also active in nonprofit art organizations such as Windows From Gaza and Eltiqa Group, which regularly host exhibitions and events open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2009/farhat160109.html |title=Maymanah Farhat, "Under the Voices of Fire: Artists in Gaza" |author=Yoshie Furuhashi |work=monthlyreview.org |date=16 January 2009 |access-date=2 August 2014 |archive-date=16 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916104701/http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2009/farhat160109.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Hikaye ===
[[Palestinian hikaye|Hikaye]] is an important aspect of Palestinian women's oral culture and was inscribed by [[UNESCO]] to its list of [[Intangible cultural heritage of Palestine|intangible cultural heritage]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Adam |first1=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8a5EAAAQBAJ&dq=Palestine+hikaye&pg=PA17 |title=Yearbook of Transnational History: (2023) |last2=Stiefel |first2=Barry L. |last3=Peleg |first3=Shelley-Anne |date=2023-04-17 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-68393-379-3 |pages=17–18 |language=en}}</ref> In 1989 some written version of these stories were recorded from Gaza and published alongside many others, in the volume ''[[Speak, Bird, Speak Again|Speak Bird, Speak Again]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-05 |title=Hamas school book ban sparks anger |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/hamas-school-book-ban-sparks-anger/article_46351fca-bb83-55ce-abe0-1e1920ecc5de.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref>''

===Archaeology===
The [[Gaza Museum of Archaeology]] was established by Jawdat N. Khoudary in 2008.<ref name=nytimes08>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/world/middleeast/25gaza.html Museum Offers Gray Gaza a View of Its Dazzling Past, Ethan Bronner] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628022310/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/world/middleeast/25gaza.html |date=28 June 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 25 July 2008</ref> The [[Al Qarara Cultural Museum]] in [[Khan Yunis]] was destroyed in an explosion as a result of an [[Gaza war|Israeli attack]] in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=خسائر كبيرة في قطاع الثقافة الفلسطينية جراء العدوان الإسرائيلي على غزة |work=القاهرة 24 |url=https://www.cairo24.com/1885559 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018205004/https://www.cairo24.com/1885559 |archive-date=2023-10-18 |access-date=2023-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=استهداف البشر والحجر والكلمة.. قصص تدمير أشهر المؤسسات الثقافية في غزة - البوابة نيوز |url=https://www.arabianews24.net/a/917847 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018205046/https://www.arabianews24.net/a/917847 |archive-date=2023-10-18 |access-date=2023-11-05}}</ref>

===Television and radio===
In 2004, most Gaza households had a radio and a TV (70%+), and approximately 20% had a [[personal computer]]. People living in Gaza have access to [[Free-to-air|FTA]] satellite programs, broadcast TV from the [[Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation]], the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority]], and the [[Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache%3A8bx1UFVnnI8J%3Awww.ijma3.org%2FAdmin%2FAdditionals%2Fsurvey_english.pdf+computer+ownership+in+Gaza+strip&hl=en&gl=nz&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShNVU9JU2TtRYX8XwHEJMjSdJUbW-w9MjDDA9B3XQS43AcovZ99O1Uk8-_ELbPVgq1zHazQyYf_zTQWvBUo-JMZCJ7kCigKF2SwRDHFHOtp8clfUynWkmrZc1x9RdVmCwvNpw7C&sig=AFQjCNGCO4cyOx0BC9fsbJiwLVf4fJXXMQ |title=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics – 2004 Survey of Computer, Internet and Mobile Phone Ownership |access-date=1 June 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511190346/http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache%3A8bx1UFVnnI8J%3Awww.ijma3.org%2FAdmin%2FAdditionals%2Fsurvey_english.pdf+computer+ownership+in+Gaza+strip&hl=en&gl=nz&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShNVU9JU2TtRYX8XwHEJMjSdJUbW-w9MjDDA9B3XQS43AcovZ99O1Uk8-_ELbPVgq1zHazQyYf_zTQWvBUo-JMZCJ7kCigKF2SwRDHFHOtp8clfUynWkmrZc1x9RdVmCwvNpw7C&sig=AFQjCNGCO4cyOx0BC9fsbJiwLVf4fJXXMQ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sports===
In 2010, Gaza inaugurated its first [[Olympic-size swimming pool]] at the [[As-Sadaka]] club. The opening ceremony was held by the Islamic Society.<ref name=Maan>[http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=285242 Gaza opens first Olympic-size swimming pool] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113101036/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=285242 |date=13 November 2012 }}, 18 May 2010, Ma'an News Agency.</ref> The swimming team of as-Sadaka holds several gold and silver medals from Palestinian swimming competitions.<ref name="sadaka">[http://www.alsadaka.ps/index.php/archives/604 السباحة صالة الالعاب الرياضية والساونا في النادي] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511202713/http://www.alsadaka.ps/index.php/archives/604 |date=11 May 2011 }}, as-Sadaka Athletics Club</ref>
{{Further|PK Gaza (Gaza Parkour)}}

===Archaeological sites and historical buildings===
{{see also|Category:Archaeological sites in the Gaza Strip}}
 
* [[Al-Moghraqa]], Bronze Age settlement
* [[Al-Shati refugee camp]] digs, including Graeco-Roman port city of [[Anthedon (Palestine)|Anthedon]]. Iron Age rampart, Persian ([[Achaemenid]])-period houses, Hellenistic emporium, Byzantine cemetery.<ref>[https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/living-archaeology-in-gaza/ Living Archaeology in Gaza], 23 Feb 2022, Forensic Architecture, Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, [[University of London]]. Accessed 6 January 2024.</ref>
* [[Bureij mosaic]], Byzantine period
* [[Church of Saint Porphyrius]], with Crusader-period elements
* [[Gaza synagogue]] (508 CE), at [[Maiuma (city)|Maiuma]]. Mosaic of David playing the lyre now in [[Inn of the Good Samaritan]] Museum.
* [[Great Mosque of Gaza]], Mamluk period with both older and more recent elements
* [[Maiuma (city)#Remains of Maiuma|Maiuma: Remains of Maiuma]] in [[Port of Gaza]], [[Rimal district]]. See [[Gaza synagogue]].
* [[Monastery of Seridus]] known from Byzantine-period sources. Proposed identification with remains in Deir e-Nuse(i)rat.<ref name=YH04>{{cite book |author=[[Yizhar Hirschfeld|Hirschfeld, Yizhar]] |chapter= The monasteries of Gaza: An archaeological review  |pages= 61, 76–77 |editor1= Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony |editor2= Aryeh Kofsky |title= Christian Gaza in Late Antiquity |year=2004 |publisher= Brill |isbn= 9789004138681 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lA9VwVwoyiAC&pg=PA61 |access-date= 12 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Byzantine Church of Jabalia|Mukheitim]] site in [[Jabaliya]]: fifth-century Byzantine monastic church, mosaic floor restored in 2022<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/restored-5th-century-byzantine-church-reopens-in-gaza/ Restored 5th-century Byzantine church reopens in Gaza: Mosaics depicting animals, hunting scenes, palm trees adorn floor; Hamas says project shows it's 'embracing its Christian brothers'], AFP, 25 January 2022. Accessed 6 January 2024.</ref>
* [[Qasr al-Basha]], Mamluk-period palace
* [[Saint Hilarion Monastery]]: see Tell Umm el-'Amr
* [[Tell el-Ajjul]], Bronze Age tell
* [[Tell es-Sakan]], site of two Early Bronze Age settlements including a port on now silted-up arm of Wadi Ghazzeh. Bulldozed in 2017.
* [[Tell Umm el-'Amr]], archaeological site in [[Nuseirat refugee camp]]. Byzantine-period monastic remains, including [[Saint Hilarion Monastery]].

===Archaeology collections===
* [[Al Mat'haf]] Museum in Al Mat'haf Hotel. Bronze Age to 20th-century artifacts.