As Israel’s assault on Gaza rages on and residences across the 140-square-mile strip continue to be bombed and razed to the ground, an installation by Mona Chalabi (monachalabi) at the Cooper Hewitt in New York City combines journalism, oral history, art, and architecture to pay an immensely personal tribute to homes destroyed in Palestine, Iraq, and Syria by weapons manufactured in the United States. “You cannot erase memories,” said Mohammed Osman, whose home in Manbij, Syria, was destroyed in an airstrike by the US-led coalition in 2016, and is one of the three homes modeled in the exhibition. What touched him most was the display of the hand-crafted piece of woodwork built by his father that sat in the middle of the living room table. He recalled having spotted it lying in the rubble after his home was destroyed. To read full story by janine.alhadidi and meghnadbose, visit the link in bio. . . . #CooperHewitt #MonaChalabi #Memory #Homes #DataJournalism