The Earth Won’t Forget Where Your Blood Was Shed
LocationDeir Ballut, Occupied Palestinian TerritoryPhotographerAisha MershaniYear2005 and 2022
(First photo) Jalila Mohamed Husain Abd Allah, in the fields with her sister and cousin, are wailing from the pain of witnessing their other cousin get shot with live ammunition by Israeli Occupation Forces stationed along the Wall. Jalila holds the leaves of a plant stained with her cousin’s blood in her hands. (Second photo) In her kitchen, nearly 17 years later, she stands at 80 years-old, recounting her cousin’s harrowing survival.