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Drawing about Palestine
On May 15, 2013 the Center observed the anniversary of the Nakba.
The Nakba means “the catastrophe” in Arabic. It marks the anniversary of the 1948 war, when Palestinian refugees fled their homes and Israel was created. This year is the 65th anniversary.
At the Center, we remembered the Nakba by doing programs about Palestine. The idea of our program was to create artwork and writings about Palestine – and then share them with American students and others to give the students, and their nation, a voice.
The older children wrote a “free write” about Palestine and the younger students drew pictures. We will share these pictures and writings with you on this blog.
The first student work is from Haneen, an 8 year old girl.
Her work is a good example of a problem we faced — we asked and asked the students to draw happy things, but most students presented sad drawings that made our hearts break. Haneen decided to do two drawings – a happy and sad depiction of Palestine.
Rap and Graffiti
In the past weeks, a new teacher has joined us: Khalid.
Khalid is a university student with a unique talent… He is a rapper and a graffiti artist. Khalid came to the Association and shared his passion with the students. For many students, it was the first time they heard of these new arts, and for all it was the first time they learned the skills behind it.
Khalid taught students how to write rap and shared his songs with them.
He gave words to students to perform – and they loved trying to rap just like him.
Khalid also showed them how to do graffiti — and while doing so, he made a sign for the Association. (“Palestine”)
The older students learned about graffiti and even got to try it out for themselves!
Of course, Khalid also performed his own rap for the students.
He gave all the students a chance to perform something as well. Many students recited poems or sang songs — the littlest one of us all, Ban, was the first to contribute a song she memorized!
All in all, it was an amazing program that introduced our students to new types of art, encouraged them to be creative, and gave them a voice.
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