Hanging on to Home: Representations of Handala and the Home

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Paper examines the subjective relationships between the Palestinians, the Israeli West Bank Barrier ( or the “Apartheid Wall”), Handala (a cartoon character created by Naji al-Ali), and the concept of home.

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Hyche, Breana 2012.

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Paper examines the subjective relationships between the Palestinians, the Israeli West Bank Barrier ( or the “Apartheid Wall”), Handala (a cartoon character created by Naji al-Ali), and the concept of home.

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Abstract: Palestinians call the Israeli West Bank Barrier the “Apartheid Wall” to evoke the disenfranchisement they experience in their loss of belonging and sense of home that has resulted from their denial of home and country; however, what the Palestinians have lost goes beyond the land and homes that the international community sees. While the “security fence” protects the Israeli settlers in their claimed lands, for Palestinians, graffiti on the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank questions notions of heritage and belonging imposed by the wall. My purpose here is to argue that an image of Naji al-Ali’s cartoon character, Handala, reproduced in a Palestinian refugee camp on the Apartheid Wall, represents the struggle of the Palestinians to hold on to their sense of home, heritage, and belonging in the Holy Land. I will be examining cartoons of the 10-year-old refugee boy, Handala, from al-Ali’s published drawings between 1973-1987, including especially his characteristics and meaning. I will also compare literature reporting on the history and purpose of the wall with information from interviews with Palestinians about their experiences with the wall. This paper seeks to examine the subjective relationships between the Palestinians, the wall, Handala, and the concept of home.

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  • Eagle Feather, Issue 9, University of North Texas Honors College: Denton, Texas. 2012

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  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2012
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Hyche, Breana. Hanging on to Home: Representations of Handala and the Home, article, 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1635180/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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