Refugee No More

Therese Basha Jarjoura
Description

This painting reflects displacement, belonging, and the longing to be seen as more than a refugee. Faces emerge within the form of the Statue of Liberty, carrying individual stories, identities, and memories inside a symbol associated with freedom and arrival. The work asks what happens after displacement, when a person is still carrying the past while trying to build a new sense of home. Refugee No More is about dignity, identity, and the hope of moving beyond a label without erasing the journey that came before.

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Date
2016

Format

48 × 36 inches

Type

Oil on canvas

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Standard Copyright (All Rights Reserved) — I retain full copyright to my artwork, images, and written material. Any reuse, reproduction, adaptation, or republication requires my direct permission.

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Painting, Contemporary Art, Visual Storytelling, Memory, Hidden Memory, Resilience, Refugees, Displacement, Migration, Belonging, Identity, Palestinian Art, Diaspora, Human Rights, Humanity, Loss, Hope, Survival, Cultural Memory, Collective Memory, Persona
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