Memorial to 418
“Everything in this world can be stolen, except the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a just cause.” - Ghassan Kanafani
This Week In Palestine, May 2008
Some of this month’s In the Limelight:
“Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages which Were Destroyed, Depopulated and Occupied by Israel in 1948″
Refugee tent and embroidery thread, 8’ X 10’ X 12’, 2001
This piece is a document (or the remains) of a three-month community-based project. More than 140 people came through [Emily Jacir's] studio to sew, memorialize each village and socialize; oftentimes there was live Arabic music. The people who made this Memorial were bankers, lawyers, filmmakers, dentists, consultants, playwrights, artists, activists, teachers, etc.
(via Picturesque Palestine and Emily Jacir)
