Name: The Myth of a Life Sentence, أسطورة المؤبدات
Start: 2025-03-30T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-03-30T17:30:00+02:00
Location: W139

The Myth of a Life Sentence, أسطورة المؤبدات

W139 is a presentation and production space for contemporary art. W139 was established in 1979 and provides artists time and space for free explorations in the heart of Amsterdam.

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Screening of excerpts from a recent interview with freed political prisoner Wa’el Jaghoub, followed by a talk as part of Remove the Dot.

As part of Saja Amro and Wassila Abboud’s on-going research program Remove the Dot, they’ll be screening excerpts from a recent interview with newly released political prisoner Wa’el Jaghoub with a short discussion following the screening.  Wael Naim Ahmed Al-Jaghoub was born in 1967 in Beita, a village south of Nablus. Al-Jaghoub was first arrested in 1992 and spent six years in prison before being released in 1998. His release period was cut short by a second arrest in 2001 which held a significantly harsher sentence of life imprisonment. While this period in prison was also met with harsher daily conditions, including long periods of solitary confinement, he continued to write and wrote several books capturing what he saw and understood from within the prison walls. During this time he also played a significant role in organizing within the prisons, serving as a leading figure in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).  In this conversation, Wael recounts his time in prison, and his reflections on the occupation as a fantasy of dust هذا الوحش وهم من غبار. He reflects on the struggles of Palestinian prisoners whose sacrifices would not be in vain.

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