The deal struck by the Al Thani Collection with the Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem extends financial support in exchange for loans to the foundation.
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Celebrate Hanukkah With Films That Center Jewish Narratives
From the Coen Brother’s take on the Jewish-American experience, to a rabbi’s talking cat, stream these films during the holiday.
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Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem Postpones Auction Following Backlash
The museum’s intended sale of 255 items, planned for today at Sotheby’s in London, is postponed to November.
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Dozens of Arab Artists Boycott UAE for Normalization Deal With Israeli Government
Samia Halaby and Rachid Koraichi are among the signatories of a letter reaffirming support for “the Palestinian struggle for liberation, self-determination and the return of refugees.”
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Four Participants Withdraw From a Tel Aviv Documentary Festival in Solidarity With BDS
Several filmmakers and international guests canceled their participation in this year’s edition of the Docaviv festival.
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Jordan Frees Jailed Cartoonist After Global Outcry
Emad Hajjaj was arrested hours after posting a cartoon satirizing the diplomatic agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
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Palestinian Artist Pulls Out of Sharjah Exhibition Over UAE-Israel Diplomatic Agreement
“I could not have a relationship with a regime that is now officially complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestinians,” said Mohamed Badarne, a Berlin-based artist.
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Leading Artists Condemn Israeli Raids on Palestinian Cultural Centers
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Brian Eno, and Tai Shani are among 60 musicians, artists, writers, and filmmakers who signed a recent open letter condemning an Israeli police raid of three cultural centers.
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352 Artists Urge World Governments to Impose Arms Embargo on Israel
Ariella Azoulay, Shepard Fairey, Antony Gormley, and Tai Shani are among the growing number of artists, filmmakers, musicians, and writers calling for international pressure to impose an embargo and lift the siege of Gaza.
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130 Film Professionals Pledge to Boycott the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
“[W]e understand that our liberation is intimately connected to the liberation of all oppressed peoples and communities,” the pledge reads.
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Palestinian Photojournalist Loses His Eye After Being Hit in the Face by Israeli Tear Gas Canister
Attiya Darwish was hit while covering protests at the Gaza Strip in 2018. He is the second Palestinian photojournalist to lose an eye from an Israeli military attack in the last three months.
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An Israeli Museum Canceled a Talk With an Artist Because of His Palestinian Identity
Haifa University’s Hecht Museum said that Saher Miari’s talk was called off because an appearance by a Palestinian artist does not conform with the politics of the Hecht Foundation, which backs the museum.