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“Walls are hot right now, but I was into them long before Trump made it cool.” - Graffiti Artist Banksy The inverse version of the Waldorf Hotel is located right in front of the Segregation Wall, and it is one of Banksy’s permanent works of art. He constructed it in complete secrecy and offered it to the Palestinians in 2017. The hotel is a “surreal experience from the front door onwards, and takes what is normally a distressing scene, and makes it compelling, almost beautiful” as put by one British journalist. The hotel, whose presidential suite is known to have the worst view in the world, features a British colonial-style piano bar with leather couches, installations of surveillance cameras and iconographic representations created by Banksy, as well as a gallery and a museum. The Walled Off Gallery A contemporary art space showcasing the work of prominent Palestinian artists, who are oftentimes restricted from traveling abroad to exhibit their art. The gallery was curated by Dr. Housni Al Khateeb Shehada, an expert in art history, cultural history and the history of science, who managed to put together a collection of quality Palestinian art. A room adjacent to the Gallery features the temporary works of new artists. All the artwork, prints and postcards sold at the gallery are originals, and if you are a Banksy fan or an aficionado of street art, this is the place to shop. The Walled Off Museum The Museum is gripping at its very entrance, where a life-sized three-dimensional mechanically controlled figure of Arthur Balfour is positioned behind a desk, signing the declaration of 1917. Inside, the informative space begins to unveil; the Segregation wall is well explained and illustrated; the many and different restrictions on movement are clarified; and the entire scene of the history of the region comes to life. The Museum also features Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s “Five Broken Cameras,” which was nominated for the Oscars in 2012. The Museum was launched on the 100-year anniversary since the British took control of Palestine.
