Omar Hassan Al-bashir Plane Lands

Creator

Mukhtar Ibrahim Siyam

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts a helicopter carrying President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's coming to land in Darfur. He is then escorted by trucks of heavily armed soldiers. In the meantime, some houses in the village had been torched by the military and soldiers were seen on the streets shooting at unarmed civilians.

Alt Text

A child's illustration on graph paper using a blue pen and a pencil that depicts a helicopter, a house on fire, a person in a hat holding a large gun in the air, a second human figure that appears unarmed, and a truck full of armed men shooting at the unarmed person. Several notes and captions in Arabic have been written throughout, adding context to the depictions.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic Conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur Conflict, Drawing (Visual Works)

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00244

Recommended Citation

Ibrahim Siyam, Mukhtar, "Omar Hassan Al-bashir Plane Lands" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 336.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/336