Yasmeen Halawani
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It is the Old City, with its streets, alleys, and houses, filled with eyes that are not human eyes! It is full of eyes, a dominant system with ghosts that have eyes watching everything in this town: watching the stones, the houses, the alleys, the streets, but especially watching the human being who lives there, or what they call the "son of this town." With one clear and singular goal: to attempt to control the Palestinian mind and restrict its freedom. Eyes trying to impose control at the end of every path with a "cold/harsh" gaze that shows no mercy— a clear goal with no room for complexity or restriction.
Photography: Rawan Julani