Palestinian Father’s Day

We hold space for Palestinian fathers who fight life and limb to create a safe and loving world for their children.

We empathetically care for them, for their material losses, and broken hearts, just as we value and nurture practices of Palestinian fatherhood that center care, feelings, love, and vulnerability. We acknowledge the immeasurable sacrifices and hardships our fathers experience caused by Zionism and the relentless hope and courage they continue to foster within us. Our feminist vision advocates for breaking intimate and state cycles of violence by centering and transforming home and family space into sites of healing and mending.

Findings

by Manal Deeb

Manal Deeb is a Palestinian American visual artist born in Ramallah, and living in Fairfax, Virginia. Manal studied studio art at the University of Illinois, Chicago and received her Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Psychology of Art from George Mason University. In her work, Manal presents exceptional and creative works that challenge her surroundings as thought provoking metaphors. Her works have been exhibited across the world from Venice to New York, from Boston and Los Angeles to Malaga, Doha, Delhi and Rome. Her mission and main subjects are: humanity, feminism, peace, equality, Palestine, Arab women, identity and the bridging of religious divides.