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 returning to Mansura

On April 1st and 2nd 2016, De-Colonizer organized a 2-days memory and action tour in the Syrian occupied Golan Heights, in collaboration with Golan for Development and al-Marsad. 


Some 25 people joined this anti-colonialist experience. On the second day, the participants gathered near the last remains of Mansura: the "new" schoolhouse, for a tour of the village. 


Mansura was one of 200 Syrian localities of the Golan Heights destroyed by Israel in 1967. Until then, some 1100 women, men and children lived there. 

 

Several activities were held in Mansura: touring and signing localized spots to remember the life that was erased while its inhabitants were expelled, performing to acknowledge the right of return of the refugees by rebuilding collectively and symbolically the house of Farouk Merzamkhwho (see the pictures and the video below).

 

Since then, inhabitants from the Golan Heights have passed through Mansura, have seen the signs and have expressed a lot of interest about them, in particular about the one showing the Druze collective grave they didn't know before. 

 

 

Signing the localized spots

 

 

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Mansura © De-Colonizer
Mansura © De-Colonizer
In Mansura © Golan for Development
In Mansura © Golan for Development
In Mansura © Golan for Development
In Mansura © Golan for Development
In Mansura © Golan for Development
In Mansura © De-Colonizer
In Mansura © Golan for Development
Signing Mansura © De-Colonizer
Signing Mansura © De-Colonizer
Signing Mansura © De-Colonizer
Signing Mansura © De-Coloniz
Signing Mansura © De-Coloniz
Mansura signed © De-Coloniz
Mansura signed © Golan for Dev
Mansura signed © Golan for Dev
Entering the Abzakh neighborhood
Entering the Abzakh neighborhood
Entering the Abzakh neighborhood
View on the water tower
Entering the Abzakh neighborhood
In the Abzakh neighborhood
Karami Kunj
Karami Kunj
Near the collective grave
Signing the collective grave.
Signing the collective grave.
Signing the collective grave.
On the road to the Mukhtar's house
Near the Mukhtar's house
The remains of the Mukhtar's house
Signing the Mukhtar's house
Signing the Mukhtar's house
Signing the Mukhtar's house
Signing the Mukhtar's house
Signing the Mukhtar's house
Signing the Mukhtar's house
In front of the cemetery
In front of the cemetery
In the cemetery
In the cemetery
In the cemetery
Signing the cemetery
Signing the cemetery
Signing the cemetery
Signing the cemetery
Drawing of his house by Farouk
Marking the house on the ground
Marking the house on the ground
Marking the house on the ground
Eitan explaining the soundtrack
Getting ready to rebuilt the house
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Rebuilding the house of Farouk
Signing Farouk's house
Signing Farouk's house
Signing Farouk's house
Signing Farouk's house
Entering Farouk's house
Entering Farouk's house

Rebuilding collectively and symbolically Farouk Merzamkhwho's house

 

 

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Marking the house of Farouk with some stones of the destroyed structure, according to his drawing: 

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