Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument

Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument

Community members in Plainfield, Illinois, unveiled a monument late last month honoring six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, who was murdered by his family’s landlord in an anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian hate crime in 2023. Depicting Alfayoumi’s silhouette with his right hand raised to complete a red heart shape, the public artwork was unveiled on Saturday, June 28 at a local playground renamed in his honor. Based on a photograph taken of him shortly be…