Odai’s Story: citizen of the rebel city of Daraa
Yarn and thread ; 427 x 409 cm.
Supported by Rethink Rebuild Society, Manchester, UK
This monumental textile contains three stories by Odai, an exiled Syrian activist. The accounts were recorded by Gervais in 2017. The panel on the left describes how Odai was hunted down by the Syrian regime. The middle panel describes how he was shot in the leg by a sniper during a public protest in Daraa. On the right panel, Odai recounts a visit to Syria by a United Nations envoy during a cease-fire.