—a question that echoes the voices of displaced Palestinians in
Gaza, repeated with every forced exodus. This artwork, created
on a water tanker as part of the Qatar Reads initiative in Doha,
draws inspiration from Ghassan Kanafani’s novel to reflect the
ongoing reality of Palestinian displacement.
The calligraphy is not just ink on metal; it carries fragments of
the lives left behind—pieces of clothing, shattered furniture, and
belongings abandoned in the rush to escape. These remnants
are woven into the letters, embedding the memories of those
who once owned them.
The tanker itself becomes a visual testament to Gaza’s
suffering, where Arabic calligraphy is not merely an art form but
a language of resistance, asking the same haunting question:
Where can we go?
