Have You Ever Tried to Catch a Bird

Have You Ever Tried to Catch a Bird

Written by Anas Abu Rahma

Illustrated by Walid Taher

Language: Arabic

‘Does the sea ever return to the sea?’

‘Sometimes!’

In this story, the sea is returned to its home, and to the nostalgia of those forbidden from visiting. The author takes us to a dream harbour overlapping with the world(s) of a young boy visiting the sea for the first time, who decides to carry it with him in a bottle found along its shores.

The story is inspired by the exhibition A People by the Sea: Narratives from the Palestinian Coast.