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Drawings by Heather Spears.

Palestine drawings. Pencil drawings by H. Spears, 1989.

1 drawing : pencil and black, white and red chalks on brown paper ; sheet 27.9 x 35.7 cm

Akram, a 15 year old Palestinian boy paralysed by a bullet wound in the spine. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Fanni, a Palestinian girl shot at Nablus, shot in the thigh, lying in the al-Ittihad hospital. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Muhammad, an 11 year old Palestinian boy shot in the right leg, treated at the Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: lying comatose on a hospital bed, with two other figures. Coloured drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: lying on a hospital bed. Coloured drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: lying comatose on a hospital bed. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: lying on a hospital bed, clutching a side-bar with his left hand. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: head of Suhaib. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: head of Suhaib with oxygen mask. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib with his father contemplating him. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib lying on his right side. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib holding the hand of Dr Dajani. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib lying on his right side with his knee flexed. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: the right hand of Suhaib clutching the bar at the side of the hospital bed. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib being palpated by Dr Dajani. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib lying on his right side, his right knee flexed. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib lying on his right side, seen from end of bed. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib lying on his right side, seen from side. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib and his grandmother. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib and his father's hands. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib and his father. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: head of Suhaib awake. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Suhaib Abu Ghosh, a 16 year old Palestinian boy shot in the brain and treated at al-Maqassad Hospital, East Jerusalem: Suhaib awake, looking at the artist. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

Ameena, operation, Makassad 30 (232).

A Bedouin doctor treating a wounded Palestinian man. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

A Bedouin doctor treating a wounded Palestinian man. Drawing by Heather Spears, 1989.

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