Karak Director of Culture, Orouba Al-Shamayleh, stated that the murals represent "visual narratives of the place and the human," as they evoke the features of the local environment, its history, and the achievements that contributed to shaping the collective memory through symbols and artistic elements that link the past to the present and re-present the vocabulary of local identity in a contemporary language.
She added that the diversity of the works' content allows the viewer to read more than one story within a single mural and highlights the relationship between humans and their environment, and between memory, heritage, and identity, emphasizing that art can be a tool for preserving memory and introducing new generations to the history of their regions and their cultural legacy.
She further noted that these murals send a message that a place is not read through its geography alone, but through the people who lived in it, built it, preserved its memory, and contributed to crafting its civilizational story.
Al-Shamayleh pointed out that the project comes within the framework of the Ministry of Culture's direction to enhance the presence of arts in public life and provide an opportunity for artists to present works related to the place and its specificity, contributing to consolidating the local narrative within the national narrative and making culture a living part of the community's daily scene.
The inauguration was attended by the Assistant Secretary-General of the Ministry of Culture, Al-Qasr District Governor Dr. Sufyan Al-Hajaya, Chairman of the Shihab Municipality Committee Engineer Bahjat Al-Rawashdeh, President of the Al-Qasr District Youth Association Dr. Ola Al-Majali, along with a number of artists and those interested in cultural and artistic affairs.
