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When colonization came to call in the US, many folks wrote about america as a pristine Eden whose forest were filled with delights and bounty. This was because indigenous folk (Like mine) built up food forest. Things that were razed and destroyed as a part of racist violence. Colonization is ongoing
![Suleiman Mansour was among the Arab world’s most renowned visual artists and the creator of the iconic Palestinian painting Mount of the Bearers. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreihw4lka4mnb7atgwh37hnto3ic5urfxxoa3jfzatzxjnebjj3fnu4)
![Rituals under Occupation (1989), one of Suleiman Mansour’s most prominent works, captures the suffering of Palestinians living under occupation and their daily resilience. In this oil painting, a highly symbolic funeral scene unfolds: vast crowds carry the coffin of a Palestinian, draped in the Palestinian flag and depicted as a large cross, evoking the Christian narrative of the crucifixion of Christ. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreia2jxgx5chmci4kqyr2ozhxpry7zkaisrgnxtqmms6cb7xh3qfsti)
![The Portrait (Portrait of a Man; 2017 and 2019), clay and acrylic on wood. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreig745mkiyojqrlwbny3amyibvcvxk6blx3xzcoz723woc3bhhkiku)
![Olive Grove depicts a natural landscape of stone terraces and olive trees. [Courtesy of Sliman Mansour]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreieikpxc7syosk7ovbyzzjq6itjaivjxsmneepd7zhlztmztflhg3m)
