"A small tent held up by flimsy tarpaulin stands alone, surrounded by bloodied and tattered blue helmets and vests with the word PRESS marked across them. Smashed cellphones, laptops and camcorders, and debris lie scattered around it in what could be a scene from a warzone. But this is not a warzone. It is an installation setting the scene for a two-day conference organised by Al Jazeera, which began on Wednesday to highlight the terrible dangers faced by journalists working in armed conflicts."
"Inside, an LCD screen is playing footage of Al Jazeera's journalists wearing those blue vests and jackets, reporting in Gaza. It then cuts to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu patting an Israeli military soldier on the back before footage of protesters carrying Palestine flags and posters calling Netanyahu a war criminal. To the side of the hall, a panel listing the names and pictures of Al Jazeera's journalists who have been injured or killed while reporting on Israel's war in Gaza, over which Hamas and Israel have now agreed to the first stage of a peace process, appears."
An installation of a small tarpaulin tent, bloodied blue helmets and PRESS vests, and smashed equipment recreates a warlike scene outside the Sheraton Grand in Doha. The installation accompanies a two-day conference organised by Al Jazeera on wartime safety for journalists. An LCD screen shows Al Jazeera reporters in Gaza, footage of Benjamin Netanyahu with an Israeli soldier, and protesters calling him a war criminal. Long panels list names and pictures of Al Jazeera journalists injured or killed while reporting on Israel's war in Gaza. Most recently, Anas al-Sharif and several colleagues were deliberately killed by an Israeli attack on a journalists' tent on August 10.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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