Children’s Comments on their Drawings During War
Dec 16th, 2007 | By admin | Category: Refugee StoriesThe children express their feelings about the war through their drawings.
I am 11 years old and from Tyre. I drew the sun because the world is sad. I remembered my grandmother when she used to tell us how they left Palestine, and how now we left our home in South Lebanon.
- Malak Abdul-Hamid
I am 9 years old and from Majadil village. I need a house, so I will draw one because I do not know what happened to our house. I drew a house but it’s tilted because a bomb had hit it, and I drew dry grass, a sad sun and a bent over flower.
- Hawraa Issa
I am 9 years old and from Rashideyeh. I drew a tree so I can climb it, it will grow and I will sit in its shade before the Israelis come and bomb it.
- Arafat Abdullah
I am 10 years old and from El-Maashouk. I love Lebanon but my home land is Palestine.
- Mai AbdulHamid
I am 11 years old and from Shabriha. I drew a tank hiding among grass and a jet dropping leaflets and children running away.
- Khalid Nabulsi
I am 9 years old and from Tyre. I drew a house and bridge bombed by the Israelis and we are displaced.
- Israa AbdulRahman
I am 9 years old and from Majadil village. I drew a child who doesn’t like or want war, I want peace and I want to go back to Majadil.
- Dina Hassan Issa
I am 9 years old and from borj El-Shamali. I drew this burning house because the jets bombed it, and the fire near Jall El-Bahar.
- Ahmad Dahwish
I am 11 years old and from Borj El-Shamali. I drew leaflets dropped by a plane, I wanted to step on this leaflet because it is from Israel.
- Ismael Nabulsi
I am 11 years old and from Maashouk. My drawing expresses peace and the continued existence of the trees and nature of Lebanon.
- Nisrine Shehadeh
I am 10 years old and from Bas. I drew a tree with birds in it because I wish that peace prevails so I can go back to my home
- Zahra Darwish
