Background

This project centers around giving voice to a community that currently is not being heard or needs an outlet for expression. Walls are often used as a tool for suppression, even if they were designed as a tool for protection. The wall running through the heart of Palestine and Israel is no exception to this: first constructed by the Israelis beginning in 2000 and continuing to be expanded today, it is a physical barrier 440 miles long which has effectively silenced the Palestinians who live feet from their Israeli neighbors. In fact from the Palestinian perspective, it has silenced the Israelis, which means that BOTH communities have been artificially disconnected from one another. This disconnection is especially ironic considering that the two communities live on the same land and pray to the same god. Their spoken languages are very similar, as is their music and their cuisine.