Re-imagining a future .... Dalia Elcharbini at the American Museum of Palestine

The key in her hand is the symbol of every person's obvious, inalienable, natural, and normal right return to their home and land.... When you leave for work or vacation or to get out of a war zone you have a right to return to your original home. This right has been written down and called for since the horrors of the the Nazi Holocaust in 1948 with The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

and also in 1948 UN Resolution 194 "resolving that “refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date"

Femme Felah 2019 at the American Museum of Palestine

The trail of time

Artist Dalia Elcharbini creating her stylized Statue of Liberty

The American Museum of the Palestinian People opened June 2019 in Washington DC... "The museum is a first in the city and is dedicated to telling the stories of the people of Palestine, fostering a conversation about what it means to be Palestinian and nurturing a better understanding of an identity that remains highly politicised and largely obscured in the West. “It’s a museum where people get introduced to the Palestinian story and Palestinians as a people, not as a news item,” says Nizar Farsakh, chairman of the museum."

"The museum’s mission statement says it hopes to create a space “where people are not marginalised because of the artificial distinctions we use to create borders between us.” 

Farsakh says he wants the museum to be a place where non-Palestinians can see themselves reflected in universal human worries, hopes and experiences. “We want visitors to come in, hear our stories told by us in our own ways, and find themselves and find what’s common for us as human beings,” he says."

https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/the-museum-of-the-palestinian-people-we-want-our-story-told-not-just-once-not-as-an-event-but-over-and-over-again-1.878533?fbclid=IwAR2z3HZjZyPVaITVOVyrO4ASjODmISpynrBoH1mTSn-KjPqFny8nY-QoKu4

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The Museum of the Palestinian People

"The Palestinian people hail from an ancient land with over 4,000 years of history. Empires have come and gone, only to make Palestinian culture richer and more colorful. The Museum of the Palestinian People is the first museum in Washington D.C. devoted to exploring and celebrating Palestinian history, arts and culture. It started in 2015 as a traveling exhibit, visiting over 50 locations across the country, and has now found a home in the heart of the nation’s capital. By sharing the stories of the Palestinian people with those who walk through our doors, we invite the world to discover what unites us all.
The museum:

• Shares Palestinian stories through historic artifacts, personal narratives and artistic expression to transcend separation, fragmentation, and boundaries.
• Connects Palestinians in the US, Palestine and the diaspora with each other to evoke pride and dignity and to impart this to future generations.
• Partners with other institutions and connect with broader audiences committed to our shared humanity."

Re-Imagining a Future

"Re-Imagining A Future is the opening exhibition at MPP of work by artists Ahmed Hmeedat, Manal Deeb, Mohammad Mussalam, Dalia Elcharbini, and Haya Zaatry — some of whom live in Palestine, and others who are part of the Palestinian diaspora. All of the artists in this exhibition explore a new and as yet un-imagined future for Palestine and Palestinians. They invite members of the Palestinian community worldwide to let their dreams for the future soar — as an act of imaginative courage, and as an act of creative resistance. These works invite Palestinians and others to look into the future."