Thahabna le na’ oud “We left to come back”

Across the globe, people long to return to a home that was once theirs. During the Nakba, a lot of Palestinians were forced to flee, becoming refugees in their own country or in diaspora. They were denied to come back, but still hold on to their right of return. At the same time Palestinians are still suffering restrictions in movement in their own land. Thahabna le na`oud is a contemporary remake of the traditional wooden “Qubqab” slipper. Anonymous in its design, our slippers carry in their soles a hidden message that is an insistence on the Palestinian right. While we move across the landscape, the slippers imprint in the sand the bold but fragile promise: “We left” … “To come back” … “We left” … “To come back” … “We left” … “To come back” …