The Beast is Concrete, But I Am Living
LocationBil’in, Occupied Palestinian TerritoryPhotographerAisha MershaniYear2005 and 2022
(First photo) Mohammed Al Khatib, one of the leaders of the popular struggle, is handcuffed and physically pushed by an Israeli soldier while peacefully demonstrating against the construction of the Wall. (Second photo) Seventeen years later, Mohammed stands in front of the completed and overwhelming length of it. An illegal Israeli settlement beyond the Wall is still under construction and in a constant state of expansion.