黎巴嫩的艺术家在冲突中坚持创作
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Charbel Samuel Aoun is a working artist in the Middle Eastern nation of Lebanon.
Charbel Samuel Aoun是一位在中东国家黎巴嫩工作的艺术家。
As the Israeli military launches a deadly attack against the militant group Hezbollah in his home country, Aoun asks, "Does art still have a place in such a crisis?"
当以色列军队对他的祖国境内的激进组织真主党发动致命打击时，奥恩问道：“在这样的危机中，艺术还有一席之地吗？”
Lebanon has long played an important part in the Arab world's artistic community.
黎巴嫩长期以来在阿拉伯世界的艺术界中扮演着重要角色。
It has been a center for arts, music and theater, combining traditional and modern influences.
它一直是艺术、音乐和戏剧的中心，融合了传统与现代的影响。
Now, Lebanese artists are using their work as a way to express the anger and loss they feel after a year-long Israeli offensive that has killed more than 3,200 people, most of them since September.
如今，黎巴嫩艺术家正通过自己的作品来表达愤怒与失落之情。在长达一年的以色列攻势中，已有超过3200人丧生，其中大多数是在九月之后遇难的。
Aoun's works of art are directly connected to the conflicts Lebanon has seen.
奥恩的艺术作品与黎巴嫩所经历的冲突直接相关。
In 2013, he began gathering dust from Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon to create a series of paintings before moving on to explore other materials.
2013年，他开始收集黎巴嫩境内叙利亚难民营的尘土，创作了一系列画作，随后又转向探索其他材料。
Now, he says the darkness and hopelessness of the war and the waste left behind by Israel's intense bombing campaign have renewed his desire to create art from dust.
他说，战争的黑暗与绝望，以及以色列猛烈轰炸后留下的废墟，重新点燃了他从尘土中创作艺术的愿望。
"You either stop everything or keep going with the little that still has meaning," he said.
他说：“你要么彻底停下，要么带着仅存的一点意义继续前行。”
Two of his exhibitions have been canceled due to the war.
他的两场展览因战争而被取消。
While he once made money from selling art, he now also relies on selling honey from his beehives, which he first set up as a project to create art from beeswax.
虽然他曾经靠卖艺术品赚钱，但现在也依靠出售蜂箱里的蜂蜜为生，而他最初建立蜂箱是为了用蜂蜡创作艺术品的项目。
"I can no longer rely on the art market," he said.
他说：“我不能再依赖艺术市场了。”
No demand for art
没有艺术需求
Exhibition spaces across Beirut have closed in recent months.
近几个月来，贝鲁特的多个展览空间纷纷关闭。
Their owners told Reuters there is no demand to buy art at this time.
他们的所有者告诉路透社，目前没有购买艺术品的需求。
Even Lebanon's famous Sursock Museum has stored its collections underground.
就连黎巴嫩著名的苏尔索克博物馆也将其藏品存放在地下。
Lebanese singer and musician Joy Fayad has also struggled with the emotional cost of the conflict.
黎巴嫩歌手兼音乐人乔伊·法亚德也在冲突带来的情感代价中苦苦挣扎。
It has made it difficult for her to perform for months.
这让她数月来难以正常演出。
"It limited my creativity; it was like I shut down. I couldn't give to others, nor to myself," Fayad, 36, said.
36岁的法亚德说：“这限制了我的创造力，感觉就像我关闭了自己。我无法给予他人，也无法给予自己。”
Instead, she threw her energy into songwriting.
相反，她把精力投入到了歌曲创作中。
One line in a new song reads: "You are from the downtrodden people, whose word has been silenced, and by their weapons, you are paying the price with your blood."
一首新歌中有一句歌词写道：“你来自那些被压迫、声音被压制的人民，而他们的武器让你正以鲜血付出代价。”
She recently began performing again, singing for displaced and refugee children in Lebanon at an event north of Beirut.
她最近重新开始演出，在贝鲁特北部的一场活动中为黎巴嫩的流离失所儿童和难民儿童献唱。
"They're changing the atmosphere, having fun after such a difficult period," she said, especially for those who became used to the sound of bombs instead of music.
她说：“他们在改变氛围，在经历了如此艰难的时期后尽情玩乐。”尤其是那些已经习惯了炸弹声而非音乐的人。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
Emilie Madi and Riham Alkousaa reported this story for Reuters.
埃米莉·马迪和里哈姆·阿尔库萨为路透社报道了此事。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
