Wagner James Au / New World Notes

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Djehan imagines that her homeless camp hints at “wars raging somewhere, even in unexpected places, and even silent wars." And in this sense, the camp reflects the history of her own real life family, which was cast asunder by war:

“Now my family is all dispatched throughout the world,” as she put it, “[Some in] Brazil, some stayed in Egypt, and me in France.” And as the recent migrant crisis hit Europe, “I suddenly thought more about the fact my father had been one too.”

A migrant from Egypt, Djehan’s real life father was adopted by a French resistance fighter — and you will see signs of this history in her city as well, beginning with the La Croix de Lorraine, the cross that emblazoned the flag of free France during World War II. It still looms over her migrant camp. [Read the rest here]

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