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Arrested at 17 in 2012, Ali Nimr was attending a pro-democracy march led by Shia Muslims in Qatif when Saudi state police began an imminent clampdown on protestors. Beaten badly and immediately handcuffed, Ali was stuffed into a truck and driven away from Qatif, unaware at the time that he would not see his hometown again.
Ali Nimr would sit in Saudi prison for 3 years facing interrogations, beatings, psychological and physical torture before a sentence would be applied to his case. In 2015, the same year Saudi Arabia would be inducted as the chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ali Nimr would be sentenced to death. Specifically, public beheading and crucifixion–an arcane, ancient punishment reserved only for the worst of offenders. Ali’s sentencing violates sacrosanct international law: under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, individuals cannot be executed for crimes committed as a minor.
As a young, Shia Muslim and pro-democracy activist, Ali Nimr is the poster-child for Saudi Arabia’s brand of preventative execution; what better a way to quell any hint of dissent or pro-democracy from young Shias and activists in general than to crucify Ali? Who would follow in the footsteps of an activist whose path ultimately led to beheading?
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The Graffiti Highway in Centralia, Pennsylvania. The entire town was abandoned when an underground fire broke out, and as a result, so was the highway that ran to it. All from a coal vein that was lit 40 years ago that still burns to this very day. (source)
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no more ego! no more artistic hierarchy! no more pretending that anyone is worth less than you are! no more using your anxiety as an excuse to not form relationships with people that like and respect you! no time to act like you have some sort of dominance over others! no time to not bring up the people that you’ve surrounded yourself with! no more sucking up to people because you think they’re better than you! no time for false care! this is a nuclear age! the very verge of atomic destruction! the sun is going to devour the biosphere so what in gods name makes you feel like you are more than just a speck of dust on a freshly birthed blade of grass! prepare to die and stop making your peers feel worthless!
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Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, born 1928)
Flowers and Self-Portrait, 1973
Ink, watercolor, collage on paper, 53 x 42 cm
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