Cacti: A Visual Protest Against the Silencing of Palestinian Voices in Germany

Separated by the Wall. Despite the similarities, the Israeli Annexation Wall in occupied Palestine is twice the height of the Berlin Wall (eight to nine meters versus four meters) . The former is also used to annex additional Palestinian lands while it is marketed by the state as a source of security to reduce so-called “terrorist” attacks from reaching Israelis. It separates families and loved ones from each other, Palestinian farmers from their lands and water sources and surrounds Palestinian towns and villages creating confined cantons. Berlin Wall Memorial (January 2023)

Being Palestinian means unfathomable strength. Berlin, Germany (January 2023).

From the archive – casualties at the Berlin Wall: Peter Fechter who was shot and bleeding to death after climbing over the Berlin Wall. He was an East German youth who was shot by GDR border guards while attempting to escape over the Berlin Wall). Source: TopFoto (Licensed February 2023). Different contexts, similar fates: responding to Peter Fechter’s archival image. Berlin Wall Memorial (February 2023). Text: Top to bottom: – “You won’t get the taste of occupation until you taste it.” – “Freedom is an indivisible concept” Anonymous cactus.

Entangled evil – illustrated image. Berlin Wall Memorial (February 2023).

Colonial angel of death. Berlin Wall Memorial (January 2023).

Cacti. Botanical garden, Berlin (February 2023). Text: – Right: You’ll die of fear – Bottom: We rise from the earth like Jinn – Left: Bo! (Lyrics from the song “Inn Ann” by Palestinian rapper Daboor)

Standing tall in the face of madness. Artist Rasha Al Jundi faces the camera – illustrated image. Topography of Terror, Berlin (February 2023).

Drawings on the Wall. Berlin Wall Memorial (February 2023). Text: From right to left: – “Take away the Wall with its cement and iron”. – “Take away the occupation with its regime and slaves”. – “And return to me” – “My family and the sea”. Anonymous cactus

Anger. Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin (January 2023). Text: “In spite of you”. Anonymous cactus.

Rising above the Wall. Berliner Mauer, Bornholmer strasse, Berlin (February 2023).

Afterlife. Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin (January 2023).

The remembered and the forgotten – llustrated image. Berlin Wall Memorial (January 2023).

Remember their Names. Topography of Terror, Berlin (February 2023). Text: Names and ages of Palestinian men and women in English and Arabic with the dates of their killing by Israeli occupation forces below each name. The list covers those killed between June 2022 – January 2023. Source: Mondoweiss website.

Hope. Berliner Mauer, Bornholmer Strasse, Berlin (February) 2023). Featured public archival image credits: Andreas Schoelzel (November 9, 1989).

Bridge to freedom – illustrated image. Bosebrucke, Bornholmer Strasse Berlin (February 2023).

Together, we rise in spite of your history – illustrated image. Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin (February 2023).

Look me in the eye. Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin (February 2023).

Leaking cracks. Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin (February 2023).

Symbol of Resistance. Berlin Wall Memorial (February 2023).