Kyle Benedict Craig is a PhD candidate in the department of anthropology at Northwestern University.
Randa Abu Rahmeh’s mural references the Palestinian struggle for the right to return. A line from Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish states, “I come from there and I have memories.” The border of the mural is inspired by Palestinian embroidery. Photo by the author.An artist who goes by the name wawi9_1 painted an electrical box with a tribute to the late British-American rapper MF Doom. The other half contains a line from the Palestinian rapper Muqata‘a that reads, “tuck your shirt into your pants,” referring to Palestinians showing Israeli soldiers they are not hiding a weapon. Photo by the author.A government banner in Amman depicts Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock Mosque along with the words, “Jerusalem is a personal issue for the Hashemites” and “Palestine is in the heart of every Jordanian,” with a Palestinian flag interlinked with a Jordanian one. On the tunnel wall is spray painted, “All of Palestine is ours from the river to the sea.” Photo by the author.Dalal Mitwally’s mural for an arts festival in Amman. According to Mitwally’s Instagram, the mural honors the stories passed down from older generations and, along with them, a sense of identity and “revolutionary resistance.” Photo by the author.
