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E20 - Six Poems (Jehad Jarbou)
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- MEMORY FOR DENIAL
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- Nov 21, 2025
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Summary
As part of the GAZA BIENNALE BERLIN PAVILLION we present six poems by Palestinian artist Jehad Jarbou (in Arabic). Sky and Fingers When you begin to wrap a piece of thread around your fingers, It reveals the direction of the wind. Where are you? Words begin to soar with the breeze, rising into the sky. You speak to those who cannot hear, Who cannot read, Who cannot see. You are speaking to yourself. You start scattering words among the clouds: To my father, To my brother Hassan, To all the friends in heaven. And we are still suspended between sky and earth. The sound of the airplane still terrifies me. I’m still disturbed by the war. I’m still afraid. Eight months have passed, And I still haven’t found myself. To read the full texts in English DOWNLOAD PDF Jehad Jarbou (b. in 1999, Gaza, Displaced in Khan Younis) Jehad Jarbou is a visual artist. her practice explores the borders related to Gaza as a "prison within a prison.” She is interested in evoking and narrating concepts related to identity, borders, memory, ten miles, and structures through her art. Jihad uses contemporary art as a tool to address these themes, including video art, conceptual photography, and written reflections. GAZA BIENNALE BERLIN PAVILLION, November 21 to December 21, 2025 Exhibitions: Flutgraben, Khan Aljanub, AGIT, MBC Public programs: Galerie & Atelier Arabisk, Casino for Social Medicine, Spore Initiative, and KM28 The Gaza Biennale, an art project rooted in displacement, scatters like seeds around the world to create new hybrids. Through repetition and reproduction, artworks survive the destruction of a genocidal war machine and reappear by virtue of partnerships in different parts of the world. Transcending territory, the Gaza Biennale expands through a human topography that cannot p…