1.9 Wheat | وقمح
Memorial Design of the wheat silos at the Port of Beirut, built in the 1960’s by “the genius from Jerusalem” Yusuf Beidas.
The westward face of the silos still proudly intact, they stand, resilient guardian angels, having protected the city from the explosion of Ammonium Nitrate on August 4th, shielding much of the Corniche and West Beirut from one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
Text inspired by Fairuz & Ziad Rahbani’s instrumental وقمح. A tribute to Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon: three lands with thousands of years of agricultural history, today suffer from shortages of Wheat.
In the Levant, Wheat remains a symbol of generosity, abundance, charity, and rebirth.
2020
Memorial Design of the wheat silos at the Port of Beirut, built in the 1960’s by “the genius from Jerusalem” Yusuf Beidas.
The westward face of the silos still proudly intact, they stand, resilient guardian angels, having protected the city from the explosion of Ammonium Nitrate on August 4th, shielding much of the Corniche and West Beirut from one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
Text inspired by Fairuz & Ziad Rahbani’s instrumental وقمح. A tribute to Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon: three lands with thousands of years of agricultural history, today suffer from shortages of Wheat.
In the Levant, Wheat remains a symbol of generosity, abundance, charity, and rebirth.
2020
Memorial Design of the wheat silos at the Port of Beirut, built in the 1960’s by “the genius from Jerusalem” Yusuf Beidas.
The westward face of the silos still proudly intact, they stand, resilient guardian angels, having protected the city from the explosion of Ammonium Nitrate on August 4th, shielding much of the Corniche and West Beirut from one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
Text inspired by Fairuz & Ziad Rahbani’s instrumental وقمح. A tribute to Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon: three lands with thousands of years of agricultural history, today suffer from shortages of Wheat.
In the Levant, Wheat remains a symbol of generosity, abundance, charity, and rebirth.
2020
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