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published
September 1st 2008
by City Lights Publishers
binding
Paperback, 240 pages
isbn
087286491X
(isbn13: 9780872864917)
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Wafaa Bilal's childhood in Iraq was defined by the horrific rule of Saddam Hussein, two wars, a bloody uprising, and time spent interned in chaotic...more
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Wafaa Bilal’s childhood in Iraq was defined by the horrific rule of Saddam Hussein, two wars, a bloody uprising, and time spent interned in chaotic refugee camps in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Bilal eventually made it to the U.S. to become a professor and a successful artist, but when his brother was killed at a U.S. checkpoint in 2005, he decided to use his art to confront those in the comfort zone with the realities of life in a conflict zone. Thus the creation and staging of “Domestic Tensi...more
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Wafaa Bilal grew up under the gun. The Iraq he remembers is one of gunshots, grenades, bombings and constant fear -- of other Muslims, of Sadaam's dictatorship, of invading countries and occupying forces. After fleeing Iraq and eventually studying art in the U.S., Bilal found himself under the gun again, this time self-imposed: in a gallery with a paintball gun and a world of virtual shooters. In this memoir he masterfully weaves together these two stories and forces us to question our own comfo...more
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