Artist Mohsen Lihidheb collects objects like shoes that wash ashore in Tunisia. His collection pays tribute to migrants who died crossing the Mediterranean. 'They are very important for me because they are the prints of the suffering of those people.'
A small pink slipper sits atop a pile of shoes collected from the shores of the Mediterranean in Zarzis, Tunisia. The museum housing the shoes honors the migrants who die crossing the sea.A small pink slipper sits atop a pile of shoes collected from the shores of the Mediterranean in Zarzis, Tunisia. The museum housing the shoes honors the migrants who die crossing the sea.ZARZIS, TUNISIA — The coastal city of Zarzis in southeast Tunisia is where Mohsen Lihidheb makes and displays his art.
Shoes of all sizes dangle from a shelf, including a little girl's pink slippers, near a display that reads, in French,"Museum of the memory of sea and man." In September, he found a pair of red and black Nike sneakers, size 45, just after a boat sank off the coast with 18 Tunisians onboard.are very important for me because they are the prints of the suffering of those people," he says of the shoes.
was only from Tripoli, but then they began to go from Tunisia," he says."There are also families going. There are also civil servants. There has been a chief in the post office, and many of my employees, who went with their families."
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