Written by: Nayonika Manna & Ibrahim Molough
In Copenhagen’s busy Rådhuspladsen Square, a quiet but powerful protest has grown, led by 38-year-old Palestinian-Danish woman Asma Barchalli. What began as one woman with a few signs has turned into a community exhibition highlighting the crisis in Gaza.
“This demonstration is about the genocide that’s going on in Palestine and the aggression that we are seeing from the Israeli Occupation and from the Israeli IDF in Gaza,” said Asma.
Concerned about the lack of media coverage in Denmark, she took action over a month ago.
“I started with a few signs, and now, 38 days later, I have a whole exhibition,” she said. “Everything else, I’ve gotten from people; every picture and story. This is teamwork.”
Each day, Asma uses the space to remind people of Gaza’s suffering. “It’s just a little reminder that while we are living a normal life, 100 to 150 people are dying daily, and we don’t hear anything about it in the media.”
She hopes to educate the next generation: “We’re going to make some flyers. It’s only when people know about this issue that they are going to do something when they grow up.”
Her activism goes beyond Palestine. “This is about being human. This is about standing together.”
Her message: “We must start with our kids. Teach them what is right: the different histories, the different colonisations, the different genocides.”
Her quiet protest has become a powerful call for awareness, unity, and change.
This story is for an audience who is interested in news about Palestine and could be published on Al Jazeera, The New Arab or Middle East Eye.