Banksy – Faith Matters https://www.faith-matters.org Working with Faith Communities Countering Extremism, Supporting Integration & Challenging Hatred. Founded by Fiyaz Mughal Tue, 14 Mar 2017 01:28:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.faith-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/favicon.png Banksy – Faith Matters https://www.faith-matters.org 32 32 95725945 An inside look at Banksy’s West Bank hotel https://www.faith-matters.org/inside-look-banksys-west-bank-hotel/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 01:18:11 +0000 https://www.faith-matters.org/?p=6564

These murals on the walls of a West Bank hotel in the Middle East have brought more interest onto the conflict in the region and follow a range of Banksy murals that have been painted onto the entrance to the West Bank and at checkpoints within the Holy Land.

The latest Banksy murals leave a view of the banal nature of the conflict with a hooded Palestinian youth having a pillow fight with an Israeli soldier. The murals by Banksy has been drawn in the Walled-Off Hotel in the city of Bethlehem and the room had a view of the walls that separate communities and people in the area.

Above one of the guest beds, a mural features an Israeli soldier and a masked Palestinian youth having a pillow fight in the Walled Off hotel in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, March 3, 2017. Banksy, whose real name is not known, says the hotel has the worst view of any in the world: every room overlooks the barrier which is a symbol of oppression for the Palestinians. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
The ‘scenic’ bedrooms provide a direct view of the Israeli barrier from every window in the Walled Off hotel in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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