In the Name of God the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful

Creator

Jumua Omar Abdallah

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

This picture was drawn by an 11 year old Darfuri boy whose village was attacked when he was only 7 years old. The pictures he draws are based on the memory of what he saw being done to his village. The drawing depicts a woman trying to surrender but who is being shot at by someone with a machine gun mounted on a pickup truck. A helicopter that was used to attack the village, attackers who came riding camels and on horses, and an armored tank are all depicted in the drawing.

Alt Text

A child's colored sketch on worn, white paper of multiple scenes, including a person with their arms in the air being shot at from a machine gun mounted to a pickup truck. A tank and a military helicopter are also depicted, as are a horse and a camel, between whom two human figures are firing guns at each other.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, History, Darfur conflict, Pictorial works

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00089-A

Recommended Citation

Omar Abdallah, Jumua, "In the Name of God the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 254.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/254