{"product_id":"i-have-a-seat-60x60-original-painting","title":"I Have A Seat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePainting by: \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artalbab.ae\/pages\/yasmeen-abdallah-profile\" title=\"Artist Profile\"\u003eYasmeen Abdallah \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheck artist: \u003ca title=\"Prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mojogallery.ae\/collections\/yasmeen-abdallah\"\u003ePrints\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca title=\"Paintings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mojogallery.ae\/collections\/yasmeen-abdullah-paintings\"\u003ePaintings\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInspired by Palestinian poet: Mahmoud Darwish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eI have a seat in the abandoned theater in Beirut. I may forget, and I may remember the final act without nostalgia... not for any reason, but because the play was not written skillfully...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eChaos, like the diaries of a war of the desperate, and an autobiography of the spectators' instincts. Actors tearing up their scripts and searching for the author among us, we the witnesses sitting in our seats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eI say to my neighbor, the artist: Don't brandish your weapon, and wait, unless you are the author!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eAnd he asks me: And are you the author? And we sit, afraid. I say: Be a neutral hero to escape a clear fate. He says: No hero dies revered in the second scene. I will wait for the rest. Perhaps I made an edit to one of the acts. And perhaps I repaired what iron has done to my brothers. So I say: You then?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eHe replies: You and I are masked authors and masked witnesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eI say: What's it to me? I am a spectator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eHe says: There is no spectator at the mouth of an abyss... and no one is neutral here. You must choose your role in the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eSo I say: I lack the beginning. What is the beginning?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yasmeen Abdullah","offers":[{"title":"(60x60)cm \/ Acrylics on canvas \/ Unframed","offer_id":43329192165469,"sku":"","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4168\/5597\/files\/i-have-a-seat-acrylic-yasmeen-abdullah.webp?v=1759175827","url":"https:\/\/www.mojogallery.ae\/products\/i-have-a-seat-60x60-original-painting","provider":"Mojo Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}