“Save Palestine” Abdullah Al-Alem Poster

“Save Palestine” Abdullah Al-Alem’s CreativeRationale:

The social issue of the struggle in Palestine is important to me because the same thing happened to my country, Yemen, when people had to leave their homes because of war. I chose to use my agency and voice using Canva because The purpose of my work is to raise awareness to the issue so people can stop Israel from attacking Palestine. Even though I am not physically protesting somewhere, my creation is a way for me to raise awareness about the injustice which might pressure their governments to do something about it. When people see what I have created using my own choices and agency, I hope they spread the message and raise awareness to everyone they know.

One of the IB-Learner Profile traits is to be a thinker and this unit helped me think more deeply about this issue of living in your own land. I know that protests can be risky because you either get killed or sent to jail in some places. During this unit, I have seen, read and researched various ways people protested, like signs, speeches, songs, and artwork. In public, there are different ways to voice your thoughts and ideas such as Watch Your Body Language, Stay Calm, Listen,Time It Right. There are five main causes of conflict: information conflicts, values conflicts, interest conflicts, relationship conflicts, and structural conflicts. Information conflicts arise when people have different or insufficient information, or disagree over what data is relevant. In my own words, to be civically responsible means active participation in an informed, committed, and constructive manner, but for me personally, it means I have to do something as a civilian to get rid of the issue.