“My neighborhood had flat rooftops, and more often than not Arab teenagers used to travel over rooftops, coincidentally the only places for sukkot. The notion that, at any moment, especially on our roof, that holy day would be spoiled by rambunctious Arab teenagers, watching in the dark, took the edge off joy. As for the boat sailing for another shore, Jerusalem, that seemed an option to escape that precarious life..”

– Raphael Bouganim

Size: 95″ x 38″, Medium: oil on canvas