02: in lands akin to yours - SS19

they told us you were ours
yet i saw the light for the first time
in lands akin to yours
close but not yours
they told me when i could open my eyes
that you were full of wonder

- Extract from Civil fatigues by Palestinian poet Hind Shoufani -

A collection actively undoing the work of identity erasure. Each piece emerged from the study of a particular archival photo from pre-1948 Palestine.