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- The painting borrowed from the Van Abbe Museum, in the Netherlands, is one of the major works that reflect the expressionism,

- during which the international artist Pablo Picasso made his paintings, under the influence of the Spanish Civil War.

- As soon as the doors of the museum in Ramallah opened, for the exhibition of the painting,

- the place was crowded by a flow of visitors who came to contemplate this piece of art.

- Prime Minister Salam Fayad, that is one of the visitors,

- explained his joy about the presence of this painting in Palestine and he underlined that this event has a special symbolical scope.

- He confirmed the capacity of national authorities to answer the needs of State.

- Palestine hosts a major event with a specific symbolic scope.

- This shows that we reached of goal, this is the proof of the serious job of the building process of the Palestinian State.

- This event with a cultural vocation is the proof that we are ready.

- We manage doing this in spite of the occupation, in order to accelerate the process of putting an end to it.

- The person who had this idea and who executed it was Khaled Hourani, the artistic director of the International Academy of Arts.

- He expressed his wish that this painting participates to the strengthening of the role of art

- in order to be used as a creative tool in Palestinians’ lives.

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- A large amount of people think that the presence of this painting in Palestine will give it increased value.

- And its arrival from the Netherlands down to Ramallah will be engraved in its history.