Encounters - ongoingHiba Kalache 2 July - 29 August, 2020
I am a ‘khenseh’, an illegal. yes, I can walk freely, go anywhere and I carry fear Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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I sleep with my eyes open. once you have crossed and you live outside your land, there is no rest Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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the Kounaisseh village is self-sufficient. we carry arms for self-protection. we are the front face of the ‘Resistance’ Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
Ref.#: hk_03eo
one of the daughters was so beautiful-- a Turkish lieutenant had his eye on her. my great grandparents came down from the highest mountains, the Cedar Mountains Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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the new maps are wrong and no one dares to speak up. my neighbor took 320 meters of my land and built on it without my permission Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
Ref.#: hk_05eo
merchandise piled up and imports stopped. but not the bananas! bananas come only from our land Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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villagers eat, drink and satisfy all their needs from their lands. without a line, people would slaughter one another Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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I got attached to the land here in Jwar el Hoz, as much as to my native land in el Raqqah Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
Ref.#: hk_09eo
we have actually been stripped of our rights here, as well as there. we are waiting silently for ‘el faraj’, for a miracle to happen Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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when roads open between us and our neighbor, all will resolve. today, Saudi Arabia is sending us carrots Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
Ref.#: hk_11eo
he had six girls and did not want to give them away to any men from Tripoli, let alone from Beirut. even if we do not see borders, we feel them and we live them is sending us carrots Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
Ref.#: hk_12eo
we only needed to buy red meat from the butcher. when one’s field stops giving, it feels like one has lost a child Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
Ref.#: hk_13eo
he should not have opened his mouth. he should have listened to the military and given him the pistachios. we visited him once in Sidnaya prison Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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‘Allah’ is great and is on our side. cherry trees are very strong around here Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
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I do not want to live a separation. the soil here and there is ‘one’; it is my only consolation and connection to the other side Acrylics & inks on carton 50x35 cm 2019
