War Prayer (2015)

There are icons in Cyprus that are centuries old. They bloom like flowers in houses, churches, monasteries, and markets. Nearly 50 years after Cyprus’s invasion and partition, the island remains divided with abandoned spaces on both sides of the Green Line. For decades every US administration has exploited this partition, using military bases on the island to conduct surveillance in the Middle East. An icon is a prayer, a window to heaven, to a listening ear.