Muhammad Abu Amr, 19 years old, is a young Palestinian artist who was killed by the Israeli forces during the Great Return March last Friday in Gaza.
He dreamed of sand sculpting an 800 square meter Map of Palestine on the beach in Gaza. His friend Osama Sbeata, a Palestinian artist, with couple of other friends, created the Map of Palestine in honor of his legacy, they made his dream come true.
During a peaceful Great March of Return last Friday, Muhammad protested with thousands of Palestinians near the Gaza border , the theme of their protest has been the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees.
He was murdered a day after sculpting the words (I will return) on Gaza Beach.
Palestinians commemorate Land Day with demonstrations, vigils, planting olive trees, chanting Palestinian anthems that demonstrate steadfastness (Sumud), and raising slogans calling to end land confiscation and Israeli settlements.
Resistance is a part of Palestinians daily lives , the story of Muhammad and his friends is a symbol of what most young Palestinians adopt , they will not give up their right to protect their land and way of life.
Young Palestinians have been engaging weekly Friday demonstrations with other activists since 2005 .
In 2004 , the occupation confiscated thousands of Dunums of Palestinians land in order to build the Separation Wall removing the olive trees.
This led the Palestinians to declare a comprehensive demonstrations in defense of their land, the goal is Judaization of the Palestinian land in order to establish more settlements .
Historic Palestine used to be an agricultural state. Abo Adnan, who is 81 years old, was born before the war of 1948, and is sad to see the expansion of the occupation. His family used to own thousands of Dunums before the war of 1948. They lost many of their lands. He encouraged Palestinians to continue to defend their land in the face of settlements and attempts to Judaization and confiscations, which aims to erase the Palestinian national identity.