In 2007, an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse Called Dylan Thomas won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. In painting Bone of Contention, Abuljadayel borrowed a past equine triumph and imagined Dylan Thomas’ iconic poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” coming to life and lifting the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’s lines “And still we have on this land that which makes this life worth living”. two poems intertwine to hoist the colors high.
