The Syrian population has long suffered from under-representation. Three instances of under-representation can be pinpointed: it occurs with regards to their labour, their political participation, and the conceptual and aesthetic representation of their reality. These are interrelated. Devaluing labour was associated with crippling the political power of the labour community. By labour community I mean

A right to the image for all

A concept paper for a coming revolution by The Abounaddara Collective presented in conjunction with the conference: Abounaddara. The Right to the Image, at The New School, 22nd of October – 11th November 2015. We live in a world filled with images that are captured, edited, and published at hyper speeds. Images referring to images.