(drawing published in Arab-American artistic journal: Mizna, vol.8 | Issue 2 2006)
28/11/2008
CNN
I had been sitting in the living room for an hour under the sound of Israeli planes and bombs when I asked:
"So this is it? This is what people do during the war? They just sit home and wait to be bombed?"
And it happened to be so. If your neighborhood or your house is not being bombed, you stay in, or under it when possible, and wait. Wait for the bombing to stop. You can also shout, cook, listen to the radio, or make love, wash the floor, bite your nails, eat, get worried or be horrified.
Or draw.
(drawing exhibited at the "Nafas Beirut" exhibition, curated by xanadu* in collaboration with Espace SD, Beirut | October 13-November 17, 2006.)
23/11/2008
22/11/2008
آلف ليرة alf lira
1000 lira
i had a thousand lira,
it wasn't enough for the service
neither for the manqousheh extra,
so i made a nice ring with it.
drawing for Safir newspaper, october 2008
العصفور القيثارة lyre bird
The Lyrebird
This is the story of the lyrebird from Australia, named because of the shape of the feathers of his tail, which is like a lyre. He attracts females by imitating the sounds from his surroundings, including the calls of other birds. Recent times have brought new sounds to the forest. The lyrebird now imitates sounds and songs from radios, car alarms, mobile phones, and the clicking of photo camera shutters…
The lyrebird now imitates the sounds of the chainsaw that is cutting the trees on which he lives.
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
drawing for Safir newspaper, october 2008
(translated text: Daniela Peluso)
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