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I Speak of Palestine
I speak of your insistence
on believing what you’re told
to be so blind:
you must have learned
what not to know
to be so cold that you can say
“These people do belong
inside this tomb.”
They cannot move
or live
or eat
And, yes,
I speak of Palestine.
You cannot hold
its fate is just
and not be part
of grinding up
their bones and blood
to mix with desert earth
and olive oil
to build your state, your jail;
a wall surrounds
their place, like this:
a torture room
a starving field
a stolen home
a human shield
a bullet for a child
and poison gas on village streets
their food, their food!
Their food is gone
you cleanse
and push
and punish
taking what you want
to have for you alone.
We know it’s rape,
and though the world records
your names and deeds,
the future courts and trials
will not revive
the dead, displaced and missing.
And yes, I speak of Palestine.
- By Robert L. Green, VTJP, 2006
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Comment by Rosmarie Heusser on December 4, 2023 at 8:58pm
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Awesome!
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Comment by Eva Libre on December 4, 2023 at 12:28pm
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Prisoner (أسير), mud on wood, 1989.
During the first Intifada (1987 – 1993), Palestinians boycotted Israeli goods as a form of resistance. Artists in their turn boycotted Israeli art supplies. Four Palestinian artists Vera Tamari, Nabil Anani, Tayseer Barakat and myself formed a group and called it the “New Visions” group. Artists turned towards their environment and used materials such as wood, leather, mud, henna, natural dies and found objects. This new approach helped to develop Palestinian art and formed a link between Palestinian art produced for several decades after Alnakbah and the contemporary art produced by young Palestinian artists.
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خلال الانتفاضة الأولى (1987-1993) قاطع الفلسطينيون البضائع الإسرائيلية كشكل من أشكال المقاومة. وقاطع الفنانون بدورهم المواد الفنية الإسرائيلية. شكلت أنا وثلاثة فنانين فلسطينيين هم فيرا تماري ونبيل عناني وتيسير بركات مجموعة أطلقنا عليها اسم "رؤية جديدة". اتجه الفنانون نحو بيئتهم واستخدموا المواد مثل الخشب والجلد والطين والحناء والألوان الطبيعية. ساعد هذا النهج الجديد في تطوير الفن الفلسطيني وشكل حلقة وصل بين الفن الفلسطيني الذي أنتج لعدة عقود بعد النكبة والفن المعاصر الذي ينتجه فنانين فلسطينيين شباب.
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Embrace (عِناق), oil on canvas, 2003.
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#slimanmansour #suleimanmansour#arts #arte#freepalestine #gaza#savepalestine #middleeasternart#arabartists
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A woman figure (إمرأة), mud on wood, 1990.
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During the first Intifada (1987 – 1993), Palestinians boycotted Israeli goods as a form of resistance. Artists in their turn boycotted Israeli art supplies. Four Palestinian artists Vera Tamari, Nabil Anani, Tayseer Barakat and myself formed a group and called it the “New Visions” group. Artists turned towards their environment and used materials such as wood, leather, mud, henna, natural dies and found objects. This new approach helped to develop Palestinian art and formed a link between Palestinian art produced for several decades after Alnakbah and the contemporary art produced by young Palestinian artists.
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خلال الانتفاضة الأولى (1987-1993) قاطع الفلسطينيون البضائع الإسرائيلية كشكل من أشكال المقاومة. وقاطع الفنانون بدورهم المواد الفنية الإسرائيلية. شكلت أنا وثلاثة فنانين فلسطينيين هم فيرا تماري ونبيل عناني وتيسير بركات مجموعة أطلقنا عليها اسم "رؤية جديدة". اتجه الفنانون نحو بيئتهم واستخدموا المواد مثل الخشب والجلد والطين والحناء والألوان الطبيعية. ساعد هذا النهج الجديد في تطوير الفن الفلسطيني وشكل حلقة وصل بين الفن الفلسطيني الذي أنتج لعدة عقود بعد النكبة والفن المعاصر الذي ينتجه فنانين فلسطينيين شباب.
- Sliman Mansour
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The way to Bethlehem (الطريق الى بيت لحم), acrylic on canvas, circa 1990’s
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#slimanmansour #suleimanmansour #art #artist #palestine
#gaza #savepalestine #bethlehem
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Thank You for sharing these great pictures, Eva!
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Checkpoint (حاجز), oil on canvas, 2013
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#slimanmansour #suleimanmansour #middleeasternart #freepalestine #palestine #belén #bethlehem
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A mother and child (أم وطفلها), oil on canvas, 1986.
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#slimanmansour #arts #freepalestine #arabart #فن_معاصر #فن_تشكيلي #فنون_جميلة #فلسطين #سليمان_منصور
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Abu jihad (أبو جهاد), oil on canvas, 1988
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#slimanmansour #suleimanmansour #freepalestine #فن_معاصر #فن_تشكيلي #فنون_جميلة #سليمان_منصور #فنون_تشكيلية
"PEACE
NOT WAR
GENEROSITY
NOT GREED
EMPATHY
NOT HATE
CREATIVITY
NOT DESTRUCTION
EVERYBODY
NOT JUST US"
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