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Abed Abdi, Longing to the Homeland, 2020. Abdi was born in Haifa, then Palestine, in 1942 and trained as a blacksmith. He is known for his imposing monuments and murals, depicting Palestinian tragedies and resolve. He has always been part of a collective artistic and political movement: There were two epicenters of the liberation art movement; one was strong during the 1970s in Beirut while the other was gaining momentum in the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian artists, regardless of where they settled after the Nakba, embraced the new aesthetics of this movement and joined the exhibitions organized by its activist artists. But the most difficult place for Palestinian artists to participate in this movement was within the borders of the major portions of Palestine that were lost in 1948 (Palestine48) and occupied by the Israeli entity. The most instrumental in helping to motivate the movement in Palestine48 was the artist Abed Abdi. Abdi had the good fortune to be part of the Communist P

Abed Abdi, Longing to the Homeland, 2020. Abdi was born in Haifa, then Palestine, in 1942 and trained as a blacksmith. He is known for his imposing monuments and murals, depicting Palestinian tragedies and resolve. He has always been part of a collective artistic and political movement: There were two epicenters of the liberation art movement; one was strong during the 1970s in Beirut while the other was gaining momentum in the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian artists, regardless of where they settled after the Nakba, embraced the new aesthetics of this movement and joined the exhibitions organ