"Al Shanta" الشّنطة The Bag
What would you pack in your bag if violence and persecution forced you to flee your home?
This work is a reminder of the 750,000 Palestinian refugees who were forced to leave their homes and lands under the Israeli colonial armed military, most live in refugee camps in different countries and and have been the biggest refugee group in the world (now 5,9 million) for more than 75 years with no right of return. The Palestinian who were left in their country are living under occupation, apartheid and colonial regime until present day.
Since October 7th 2023, an agressive and brutal genocide is being comitted against Palestinians in Gaza, and the people there have the “Shanta” prepared in case they have to flee in emergency. Now 2 million people are displaced in tents in southern Gaza in the cold winter with so little to fit a “Shanta”.
Nearly 80% of their houses are bombed & flattened.
What would you pack in your bag if violence and persecution forced you to flee your home?
This work is a reminder of the 750,000 Palestinian refugees who were forced to leave their homes and lands under the Israeli colonial armed military, most live in refugee camps in different countries and and have been the biggest refugee group in the world (now 5,9 million) for more than 75 years with no right of return. The Palestinian who were left in their country are living under occupation, apartheid and colonial regime until present day.
Since October 7th 2023, an agressive and brutal genocide is being comitted against Palestinians in Gaza, and the people there have the “Shanta” prepared in case they have to flee in emergency. Now 2 million people are displaced in tents in southern Gaza in the cold winter with so little to fit a “Shanta”.
Nearly 80% of their houses are bombed & flattened.
What would you pack in your bag if violence and persecution forced you to flee your home?
This work is a reminder of the 750,000 Palestinian refugees who were forced to leave their homes and lands under the Israeli colonial armed military, most live in refugee camps in different countries and and have been the biggest refugee group in the world (now 5,9 million) for more than 75 years with no right of return. The Palestinian who were left in their country are living under occupation, apartheid and colonial regime until present day.
Since October 7th 2023, an agressive and brutal genocide is being comitted against Palestinians in Gaza, and the people there have the “Shanta” prepared in case they have to flee in emergency. Now 2 million people are displaced in tents in southern Gaza in the cold winter with so little to fit a “Shanta”.
Nearly 80% of their houses are bombed & flattened.
Al Shanta - Stoneware ceramic & rope. 10 different bags & a teddy bear, size varies between 5-7 cm each bag.