A home worth living for

Paste-up , Rome, Italy 2020

A Home Worth Living For portrays a young Palestinian woman, her face wrapped in a keffiyeh so that only her eyes remain visible.

The image draws from a visual language often associated with resistance. The way the keffiyeh is wrapped recalls the young Palestinians who cover their faces while confronting soldiers in the streets, shielding themselves from surveillance, tear gas, live ammunition, or arrest.

Her eyes do not express anger or confrontation. They hold warmth, presence, and determination. The work gradually moved away from the idea of fighting for land toward the idea of living it — inhabiting it, remembering it, remaining connected to it despite displacement.

The portrait becomes more than an image of an individual; it reflects belonging carried through memory, identity, and inherited history — a connection that persists even when place is distant or fragmented.

Rather than portraying resistance through violence, the work reflects on resilience through presence: the act of continuing to live, remember, remain, and resist simply by staying. Photo: Oscar Giampaoli