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| Randa Jebara |  |
My Name is Randa Jebara, I was born on the 2nd September 1989. I am a girl who has suffered the effects of war back in my country Iraq, which led me to this country, Australia to adapt to a new life. I came from a family that consists of four brothers and two sisters. Before we arrived in Australia, Iraq had for the past eight years been invaded by many countries. These countries believed that they could make our lives happier, but in fact they made it worse. My family suffered during this time. We then moved to Jordan to live in safety, in fact we used to call it the ‘crossing bridge’. After four years of living in Jordan we moved to Australia. Now I have adapted to life in Australia, but the pain and memories may never go away!
My family experienced war, my dad was serving in it; he was a transmitter over the telephones. He experienced the war that happened between Iraq and Iran. I experienced the beginning of the war (which is still happening in Iraq). I was young, I could hardly understand my parents, but what I can remember was my mum packed her bag and was screaming at my father that we should move houses immediately. My father disagreed because we were in the middle of active bombing, one which hit a flat near our house. All I could hear was the clashing of windows and doors and my mothers crying.
My idea or concept for my shoe is to show that there’s hope in life, for people not to give up easily. If my family or I gave up during the war, maybe I wouldn’t be living a calming life like the one I’m living now!
I made my shoe by:
1. Chose my shoe from the one’s Stella Meades sent to our school
2. I designed my shoe on paper first
3. Sprayed it with gold paint, to represent a person, the value of their life
4. I applied some superglue to form wounds and resprayed it with gold paint
5. I applied red paint between the superglue, to look like a cut in the skin, this was to represent pain
6. I made a pop wire, to represent the battlefields around people
7. I applied feathers and fur at the end of the shoe to represent the hope in life and I also attached an angel, which I created from an image I found. The angel is holding a piece of white material to show no matter what the person is, she/he is still pure and has hope. It also shows hope after wartime, especially for the future and past children who experienced war or conflicts.
I spent five to six hours on my shoe.
My only hope for children is that they never experience the conflicts of war, however if they do, I would say to them not to give up. For adults I wish they would use their history lessons to learn from what’s happened in the past and never repeat mistakes again.
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