Battle-scarred walls are Rubil’s canvas

Rubil finishing one of his artworks on a wall in the southern port city of Aden. He uses the shell-pocked buildings of his hometown as canvas. — AFP

YEMENI artist Alaa Rubil uses the shell-pocked buildings of his hometown as canvas, painting images of death and despair to shine a light on the horrors and victims of war.

Not long after the start of the bloody conflict between Yemen’s internationally recognised government and Houthi rebel forces, the southern port city of Aden, where Rubil lives, became the scene of brutal fighting.