Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch with former detainees, including women and children, and defectors from the Syrian military and intel

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch with former detainees, including women and children, and defectors from the Syrian military and intelligence agencies, 2011–12, from Torture Archipelago: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Syria’s Underground Prisons since March 2011, © 2012 by Human Rights Watch. Used with permission of Human Rights Watch. All names have been changed to protect identities; “He Stared at the Wall” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator; Interviews conducted by Save the Children in FYROM, from case study copyright © 2015 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Douglas Mason

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “A Child Is Scared” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used wit

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “A Child Is Scared” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Weeping Arms” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with per

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Weeping Arms” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “If this is my face, so be it,” by Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, English translation by the author, © 2016 by the author, from Modern Poetry in Translatio

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “If this is my face, so be it,” by Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, English translation by the author, © 2016 by the author, from Modern Poetry in Translation, no. 1/2016. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted with “Nabil” at Za’atari, Jordan refugee camp on the border of Syria, 2012–16, from Untold Atrocities: The Stories of Syria

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted with “Nabil” at Za’atari, Jordan refugee camp on the border of Syria, 2012–16, from Untold Atrocities: The Stories of Syria’s Children, © 2012 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interview conducted by Save the Children in Jordan, from case studies, © 2012–16 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interview conducted by Save the Children in Jordan, from case studies, © 2012–16 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Untitled 4” (unpublished) by Omid Shams, © 2017 by the author. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Untitled 4” (unpublished) by Omid Shams, © 2017 by the author. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted with “Wael” at Za’atari, Jordan refugee camp on the border of Syria, 2012–16, from Untold Atrocities: The Stories of Syria’

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted with “Wael” at Za’atari, Jordan refugee camp on the border of Syria, 2012–16, from Untold Atrocities: The Stories of Syria’s Children, © 2012 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted with “Wael” at Za’atari, Jordan refugee camp on the border of Syria, 2012–16, from Untold Atrocities: The Stories of Syria’

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted with “Wael” at Za’atari, Jordan refugee camp on the border of Syria, 2012–16, from Untold Atrocities: The Stories of Syria’s Children, © 2012 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch with former detainees, including women and children, and defectors from the Syrian military and intel

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch with former detainees, including women and children, and defectors from the Syrian military and intelligence agencies, 2011–12, from Torture Archipelago: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Syria’s Underground Prisons since March 2011, © 2012 by Human Rights Watch. Used with permission of Human Rights Watch. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Weeping Arms” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with per

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Weeping Arms” from Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, English translation by Piotr Florczyk, © 2016 by the translator. Used with permission of Ludmiła Adamska-Orłowska and the translator. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch with former detainees, including women and children, and defectors from the Syrian military and intel

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Human Rights Watch with former detainees, including women and children, and defectors from the Syrian military and intelligence agencies, 2011–12, from Torture Archipelago: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Syria’s Underground Prisons since March 2011, © 2012 by Human Rights Watch. Used with permission of Human Rights Watch. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Save the Children in FYROM, from case study copyright © 2015 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Chil

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interviews conducted by Save the Children in FYROM, from case study copyright © 2015 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Siza Gorozian quoted in A Postcard from Aleppo by Issa Touma, © 2015 by the author. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jak

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Siza Gorozian quoted in A Postcard from Aleppo by Issa Touma, © 2015 by the author. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “In the Land of Kan’an” by Dima Alzayat, © 2015 by the author, from Prairie Schooner, Fall 2015. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “In the Land of Kan’an” by Dima Alzayat, © 2015 by the author, from Prairie Schooner, Fall 2015. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Untitled 4” (unpublished) by Omid Shams, © 2017 by the author. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: “Untitled 4” (unpublished) by Omid Shams, © 2017 by the author. Used with permission of the author. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interview conducted by Save the Children in Jordan, from case studies, © 2012–16 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children

Site: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, USA May 27 – June 25, 2017 Text: Interview conducted by Save the Children in Jordan, from case studies, © 2012–16 by Save the Children. Used with permission of Save the Children. All names have been changed to protect identities. Photo: Ash Ferlito / Jake Forney

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