Compared to the iconic “Liberty Leading the People” painting, an incredible photo of a shirtless Gaza protester is going viral.
An image of a protester from Palestine holding the the country’s national flag amid thick smog is going viral. The image has been tweeted over 5,000 times, Al Jazeera reported.
The image of a shirtless young protester in Gaza gripping a Palestinian flag with one hand and swinging a slingshot over his head with the other has drawn comparisons with the iconic French Revolution painting, “Liberty Leading the People”.
Captured on October 22 by Mustafa Hassouna of Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, the photo shows 20-year-old Palestinian A’ed Abu Amro seeming to rise out of the thick of a protest against the Israeli blockade.
The image is being compared to the iconic French painting “Liberty Leading the People”.
“Liberty Leading the People” was painted by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. A woman personifying the concept and the Goddess of Liberty leads the people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the French Revolution – the tricolour, which again became France’s national flag after these events – in one hand and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other.
The figure of Liberty is also viewed as a symbol of France and the French Republic known as Marianne.
— Laleh Khalili (@LalehKhalili) October 23, 2018
For nearly seven months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have protested along the fence with Israel demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were expelled from 70 years ago.
Violence during the protests has resulted in the deadliest days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the 2014 Gaza War.
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