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What it feels like to be a refugee

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Abdalla Al Omari/Ayyam Gallery/Via abdallaomari.com

Published: 13 June 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

This Syrian artist wants world leaders to know what it feels like to be refugees – Anup Kapphle – BuzzFeed 12.06.17
"Maybe they will feel what it feels like to be vulnerable," said Abdalla Al Omari, who created a series of paintings that show prominent world leaders as displaced civilians.

And see: PHOTOS: Thousands protest law punishing African asylum seekers – Haggai Matar, photos Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org – +972 Magazine 11.06.17
Africans seeking asylum march through central Tel Aviv to protest a law that deducts 20% of their wages.

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