What They Call Tents by Ahmed Ashour

The rain comes through.

What They Call Tents is a digital artwork by Ahmed Ashour depicting children sleeping beneath a makeshift shelter as rain falls around them. The fabric above them is thin. The ground beneath them is hard. And yet they sleep, pressed close together, finding in each other the warmth that the shelter cannot provide.

The word "tents" in the title carries a quiet bitterness. These are not tents in any comfortable sense. They are what remains when everything else has been taken. Sheets of plastic and cloth stretched over metal frames, offering the minimum of protection against a world that has offered very little.

And still, the children sleep.

This piece does not look away. It asks you to sit with what it means for a child to grow up knowing only this kind of shelter. To know rain not as something that falls on a roof, but as something that falls on you.

Created from direct witness of displacement and war, this work is an act of testimony. It says: this happened. This is happening. And it should not be forgotten.

Details

• Artist: Ahmed Ashour
• Title: What They Call Tents
• Medium: Digital artwork
• Origin: Gaza, Palestine

Note

Ahmed Ashour retains full rights to this artwork. All net proceeds from sales are directed to the artist.

High-quality digital art print that you can print in your preferred size. Perfect for printing in A4, A3, 30x40 cm, or larger formats. Download the file and print it at your local print shop or on your home printer.