Translation/Interpretation/Caption Text:
Arabic translation: (word at upper right corner) Vote 'qaf'
For in the letter 'qaf' is what quenches the frustration of the vengeful, so release your anger into it, that it may be an antidote"-- Poet Isam al-Abbasi
In the letter 'qaf' is our power.. in it is our dignity, in the letter 'qaf' is our victory.. in it are our hopes. To the 'qaf' we give our voices (votes)..to pierce (blind) their eyes with a sword of light which is drawn (ready) in our hands--Poet Hanna Abu Hanna
So vote 'qaf' because the victory is yours, and those who are confident in this victory will not be defeated--Poet Hanna Ibrahim
Curator's note: This poster from the 1950's calls on people to vote Communist Party for the Knesset. Every political party in Israel is assigned a letter, which is written on the ballot to register a vote for a party. The Communist Party had the letter "qaf" (ق) which corresponded to the Hebrew letter "kuf" (ק), which is the first letter of "communism" or "communists" in Hebrew. The poets who are quoted in the poster were at the time affiliated with the Communist Party.
