Curator and writer Rachel Dedman looks at issues of migration, displacement, and memory in her reflection on Palestine’s recent Qalandiya International biennial
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At the Seams
Alexandra Talty visits the inaugural exhibition of the newly founded Palestinian Museum to investigate the sociopolitical history and richness of the traditional Palestinian art of embroidery
Native
Sarah Aziza chats with acclaimed Hebrew-language author Sayed Kashua about the Arab-Israeli experience and his latest book, Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life
Unbreakable
In the third and final installment of her science fiction trilogy, acclaimed artist Larissa Sansour explores Palestinian identity, the rewriting of history, and claims to Palestine
Living on the Edge
Caught between his Dutch identity and a passion for Arab culture, Leo Kroonen found solace and salvation in the music of the Yemenite Jews of Israel
The Aesthetics of Exile
A look at the use of the Nakba and the resistance as subjects in contemporary Palestinian art, as well as thoughts on the aesthetics of Palestinian ‘liberation art’
Traces and Revelations
Sarah Zakzouk on the work of Palestinian artists Hazem Harb and Mohammed Joha, whose art is currently on display at Durham University
Palestinian Idol
Inaya Hodeib talks to Palestinian artist, curator, and critic Khaled Hourani about his first-ever retrospective at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts
Strange Vibes from the Levant
Asma Ghanem talks to six musicians from the Levant and Egypt about their work, their influences, and the state of experimental music in the Arab world
Welcome to the Jungle
A look at the use of simian symbolism in ‘Omar’ by Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, and ‘Bastardo’ by Tunisian director Nejib Belkadhi