In "States" Edward Said writes about his own homeland Palestine and how his people were exiled from their homeland. "Exile is a series of portraits without names, without context", it takes peoples pride away from them and they feel like aliens to their own country. This is an awful thing to feel since ones country becomes part of who they are, where they grew up, and means something to them. "The colors of the Palestinian flag are outlawed by Israeli military law". This shows how they were under tight restrictions and being treated as aliens in their own country. Things that these people hope and pray for are things that we take advantage of everyday; like being able to use the colors red white and blue.
Said uses pictures to show his emotion of how the Palestinians are affected. This relates to Berger's essay "Ways of Seeing". He uses pictures to support his claim because seeing comes before believing, and our sight is affected by our beliefs. These images isolate and preserve a particular moment he is trying to express to us through his essay. "Ways of Seeing" supports the idea of seeing before believing and that our beliefs are affected by what we see.
Question: what does he en exile is a series of portraits without context?
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