In solidarity with Palestine… A 20-meter-long mural painted in Homs
Based on the social responsibility of private educational institutions, and believing in the importance of supporting the Palestinian cause and its legitimate resistance against the Israeli occupation, “ Al-Noukhbah” (the Elite) Private School in Homs implemented an initiative that included drawing a mural, entitled “Palestine Illustrated History.”
“The mural, that was painted on the main stadium street in the Hamra neighborhood of the city, extends 20 meters in length, on which the history and stages of the Palestinian issue are written in Arabic and English”, according to the school’s headmistress Alaa Tarsha.
Tarsha explained that the goal of the mural is not only to express solidarity with the people of Palestine and denounce the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the people of Gaza, but rather to introduce historical information on Palestine to students, and invest art to present a visual message about the Palestinian issue that affirms love and belonging to Palestine and the right of the Palestinian people to return to their land.
She pointed out that a number of the school’s administrative and teaching staff and students participated in drawing the mural, which was completed within four days, referring to their belief in the necessity of introducing the Palestinian cause and the legitimate right of its people to defend their land.
Tarsha noted that the drawing was chosen to express support for the Palestinian cause based on the importance of the art’s role to convey intellectual and cultural messages.
In turn, the art teacher at the school, Abdul Rahman Haj Hassan, expressed that that what our brothers are being exposed to in the Gaza Strip requires all Arab peoples to provide support in all its forms, because the Palestinian issue is the issue of all Arabs, explaining that they sought with this mural to emphasize the historical, spiritual and geographical position of Palestine for all Arabs.
Rawaa Ghanam