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“Plant a Revolution Harvest a homeland”-Mahmoud Darwish

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Country: london
Released: 2024

By revisting a privouse group project based on the idea of home as harvest a
Aiming to encourage people to tell their own stories and to visualize the UNHCR data on displaced refugees.

I exported the experience to a new location: Akub, a Palestinian restaurant owned by Fadi Kattan from Bethlehem. He uses food to educate about Palestine, As he says “ food is an essential way to challenge ignorance " witch made it a perfect location

The menu draws from the restaurant's focus on "sharing plates" representing Palestine's diverse regions: coast, Mediterranean, and desert. I selected dishes from the original menu to align with the event's narrative.

Since I've observed that during events in the restaurant, all the lights are typically left on, lacking a focal point, I have decided to address this with our transitional lighting between performances. The light serves as the transition, with the food acting as the entryway. The light serves as the transition, with the food acting as the entryway.

By selecting a city from each side of Palestine and inspired by the patterns found on traditional garments, known as "Tatreez," I've developed a disk embedded with an Adreno to be placed within the restaurant's lamps. Each projection on the disk symbolizes a city: Bethlehem, Ramallah, Khalil, and Gaza. After the projection is displayed onto the table, it gradually fades out, making way for the stairs that introduce a speaker correlating to the dish.

Fadi mentioned in a podcast that he wishes more people knew about hummus, and by serving it, he reclaimed the dish for Palestinians. So Will be Starting with "make your own hummus,"or as I named it "Plant a Revolution '' on the menu, inspired by Mahmoud Darwish's poem.

This will be accompanied by a projection of Bethlehem, his birthplace, followed by a talk guiding the audience through the day.

Starting with the coast of Palestine, we will be serving Dagga Ghazawi. While projecting the embroidery, we will later transition to Lara, known as "Gazzan Girl" on Instagram. She is a lawyer , activist, writer, and podcast host from Gaza.

The second dish is Nablus cheese. resembling the desert landscape
The talk is led by Salam a Palestinian storyteller and founder of Uncivilized Media.

Heading down to the Dead Sea, we'll be featuring the crunchy mansaf. and inviting the West Bank Salt Company to present a talk, as they are the last Palestinian company to produce salt.

Ending the night with a plate of reliance, or as put in the menu by closing the poem of the Mohammed Darwesh: Harvest a homeland."

A special zaatar ice cream, garnished with salt and olive oil, embodies the cherished harvest of Palestinian resilience . And projecting all 4 cities

Then, Manal Ramadan, from Zaytouna, will have a talk about their company missions as a non-profit organization that sells dates, olive oils, and other items, giving back to Palestinian harvests and farmers.

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