“Unless we have the space to imagine and a vision of what it means fully to realize our humanity, all the protests and demonstrations in the world won’t bring about our liberation.” Robin D. G. Kelley

Envisioning liberation through our inherited traditions is a powerful act of resistance amidst oppression.

Saja Amro, co-founder of Common Ground, will delve into the timeless ritual of preparing a traditional Palestinian dish—Rolled Vine Leaves, or ‘ورق عنب’. This labor-intensive and contemplative process serves as a space for mourning, introspection, and communal bonding. Through communal cooking sessions organized with the local community in Ghent, Saja aims to explore how this ritual acts as a portal to cherish intergenerational connectedness and individual experiences shared within the community, She works to investigate ways to build on inherited knowledge during times of pain and weave stories of liberation, envisioning what a free Palestine and, by extension, a free world might look like. These sessions will be documented and used as the research basis for a longer-term project, with the outcome showcased in Kunsthal on June 16th.