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
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Artist Dalia Elcharbini creating her stylized Statue of Liberty |
"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."
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"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."
