A cooperative Arab-Jewish children's project led to the creation of this peace sculpture, now permanently installed in the Peace Garden at Seattle Center, in the shadow of the Space Needle.  Under the direction of project founder Amineh Ayyad, Palestinian-American, and local Iraqi Artist Sabah Al-Dhaher, Arab and Jewish children came together for many weeks to create this sculpture.  The project was sponsored by The Arab Center of Washington, The Middle East Peace Camp (an Arab & Jewish children's summer camp), Kadima (a progressive Jewish community), and the Iraqi Community Center.

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  Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine 2002

AMINEH AYYAD is a Palestinian-American photographer, documentary filmmaker, human rights observer/advocate,  and public health worker.  She grew up in Syria and Kuwait.  Amineh spent most of her childhood summers in her village Silwaad, Palestine.  She moved to the United States in 1991 in the wake of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Amineh finds herself drawn into the expression poverty imprints on faces and cities.  She captures them without alteration. 

Amineh enjoys capturing light reflections on faces and objects in close-up photography.  Since childhood, Ms. Ayyad has been photographing with 35mm cameras, principally faces and landscapes of the Arab World and the Pacific Northwest of the United States, outputting prints via traditional means.  

 

 

 

 

 

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