1- “MY CLASSROOM”
This piece is a blatant criticism of the school’s crowded classrooms which lead to frustration and aggression; there are on average 48 students in each classroom. The traces of violence in this piece are obvious when one examines the desks, chairs, and walls. The desks are damaged and cluttered as exhibited by the students to symbolize the aggression felt in their overcrowded classroom.
This piece is documentation of the assassination attempts on President Arafat’s life. Under each figure stands a chair, except under the sixth figure where the chair has been kicked away. The sixth figure is an indication of the success of the last attempt which took his life, as is believed by the students that Arafat was assassinated and did not die naturally.
This piece is about land confiscation, where any land that has not been harvested or tilled during a period of 5 years is at risk of being confiscated by the Israeli Military. The piece shows a background of the village with confiscated land.
This piece is about the Palestinian political situation. The students installed a traditional old stove and placed on top a pot to boil water. In the pot the students positioned a map of Palestine to refer to the Arab counties who are cooking the Palestinian issue under the supervision of USA and Israel.
This piece is a personal diary in which the students relate significant events that occurred in their lives through the placement of ribbons and arrows pointing to the rings in a cross-section of a tree stump.
This piece resembles the life of a person in a closed village community where he/she feels like they are constantly being watched by others, and his/her privacy is always invaded by gossip and rumors.
The students in this piece discuss a common practice in their school; dropping out at an early age in order to work with their families in shepherding or other menial jobs. The circle of photos represents a story of one student who quit school and is working in different jobs but has no steady income or sustainable future.
The students symbolize peace as a dead human being in this piece. The white coffin was lifted to symbolize people holding it up at a funeral procession. Although peace is portrayed as a dead person on its way to be buried, the students also believe that there is still hope in its revival as they place an olive branch and a white dove on top of the casket.
