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Go topBy FARAH NAYERI THE NEW YORK TIMES The depiction of Arab women in art is a relatively recent phenomenon. For centuries, it was unconditionally banned; the only existing representations were 19th-century European fantasies of women lazing in harems. Now, women from the Muslim world appear frequently in painting, sculpture and photography, yet the issue remains … Continued
Reuters Arab News At first glance, the Cairo art installation appears to be a mural in red and purple hues, of three people at a table. Then, one of the subjects pours bright pink paint from a teapot into a cup. Another lights a cigarette, and the scene comes into focus. The installation, called “After … Continued
South China Morning Post AFP Museums across New York are waging a cultural war on prejudice in Donald Trump’s America, flexing the soft power of art and photography to compound the citywide climate of protest. From talks about Islamic art to a Muslim exhibition, swapping Picasso and Matisse for Iranian, Sudanese and Iraqi artists, and … Continued
Migration, #1 Courtesy of Helen Zughaib by MARINA N. BOLOTNIKOVA Harvard Magazine DURING A LECTURE this week at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), Helen Zughaib recalled being asked by the State Department for a painting. Then-Secretary of State John Kerry was about to enter a new round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks; could she … Continued
“” CNN Ali Chraibi is one of Marrakech’s most celebrated artists, and takes pictures of Moroccans in their daily life.
By Ramsey Aburdene Note from the Author: Two months ago, I travelled to Palestine with three artists and fellow members of Washington, D.C. music collective FHTMG (Jefe, PacMan Slim, and Nine Five) to visit the country and record songs and film music videos while we were there. FHTMG previously released the first every rap music video … Continued
By JASON FARAGO The New York Times President Trump’s executive order banning travel and rescinding visas for citizens of seven majority-Muslim nations does not lack for opponents in New York — from Kennedy Airport, where striking taxi drivers joined thousands of demonstrators, to the United Nations, whose new secretary general, António Guterres, said the measures … Continued
By Bushra Shakhshir Reuters As Iraqi forces fight to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State, an artist in nearby Erbil is chiseling at clay in a tiny, unheated studio to recreate historic Assyrian monuments destroyed by the group. Ninos Thabet, an 18-year-old Christian who studied art at Mosul University, is creating miniature … Continued
[Samia Halaby at the Kansas City Art Institute (1966).] by Maymanah Farhat Jadaliyya (Listen to the interview) At the 2016 edition of Art Dubai Modern, Samia Halaby will be featured in The Mechanics of Nature, an exhibition organized by Ayyam Gallery that explores historical developments in abstract art through the works of two pioneering Arab painters. … Continued
By Pam Bailey, founder, We Are Not Numbers Among the sympathies pouring into Paris from all over the world are messages from the Palestinians of Gaza, for whom such terror has been a regular occurrence for decades—particularly for the past six years, during which they have suffered through three major assaults by Israel. Despite their … Continued
Mo Amer Al Jazeera America Adam May: What do you think that comedy will accomplish? Especially in a society where we have so much racism. We have Islamophobia. Your routine, does that tackle some of that? Mo Amer: Listen — you know, feel free to throw as many things at me right off the top, … Continued
On March 11, 2009 at 8 pm, the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival will make its debut at the world renowned Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As one of the few Palestine film festivals to take place in the Midwest, the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival will surely bring attention to the growing number … Continued
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