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I Witness Silwan, begun in 2019, is neighborhood arts collaboration that supports the struggle waged by Silwan's Palestinian residents to stay on their land.
Silwan is a neighborhood in East Jerusalem that has been occupied by Israel since 1967. Religious nonprofits have disposessed Palestinian residents to move in settlers, build up tourist centers, and conduct archeological excavations. Renamed “The City of David,” it has been turned into a Jewish heritage site that, prior to now, was visited by more than a million people a year.
I Witness Silwan is a project of the US-based Art Forces and Palestine-based Madaa Creative Center. The Madaa Creative Center's mission is to build a safe, creative, and human rights–oriented space for the community. Art Forces' mission is to create community public art and media in resistance to militarism, environmental injustice, and colonialism.