Balance of Power

Oil on Canvas

Intifada Collection

By: Hicham Takache, 2000 

"Power Balance": the power of will vs. the power of guns, the fearless courage of an intrepid child armed with nothing but a slingshot versus the might of a military machine armed to the teeth; the liberating spirit of steadfastness and resistance versus the dreadful nightmare of aggression and occupation; the lofty valour of the Palestinian David versus the obnoxious brutality of the Israeli Goliath. In the balance, blood flows, as a river and the hope of liberating al-Aqsa mosque loom high and supreme. The mountain represents southern Lebanon, whose liberation re-ignited the hope that Al-Aqsa too can be liberated by the power of sheer faith, determination and resistance. Ultimately, the dark horizons of the present will shine with rays of liberation.