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I Have a Homeland In My Head

Year 2024
Medium Digital drawing
Dimensions Unknown
Location Khan Younis Gaza
Materials

Description

Thoughts swirl in your head, in my head, my home.

I cover it from the shells with my bare hands, I move it, take it

with me, shorten it into a bag, rush with it and take refuge

from death and missiles.

My home spins in my head, its details, its scent, its colors

mixed with the sunset. How can it be something ordinary while

I possess it? How can it be something ordinary when I long for

it? We don't long for ordinary things. Longing signifies that a

part of you is missing, not here. A part of you is in danger,

incomplete, it could vanish forever at any moment, so you hide

Preservation Notes

Osama's works have all been destroyed since October 7 2023, during what is now termed one of the most departing modern day holocaust's of our generation. These latest sketches are all done on his laptop that he has managed to salvage, and uses it as so many in his circumstance as an artistic tool to create and keep creating his sketches and drawings.

Archival Status: public