The artist maintains she was framed after an Emirati police search found half a kilogram of cocaine in her Dubai apartment.
Palestine
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Israeli Forces Damaged the Historical Stained-Glass Windows of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Videos showed snipers shattering the windows of the mosque’s Qibli prayer hall to point their rifles down at the worshippers.
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Forensic Architecture Finds Israeli Occupation Is Destroying Major Palestinian Archeological Site
A new investigation examines Israel’s repeated attacks on Anthedon, Gaza’s first known seaport.
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Reckoning with Israeli Censorship Through Autofiction
Ahed’s Knee is the latest film by Nadav Lapid to use a fictionalized version of the filmmaker to inveigh against societal injustice.
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Museums Partner to Establish Palestine’s First Textile Conservation Studio
The Palestinian Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum received a $480,000 grant to conserve Palestinian textiles.
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Challenging Israeli Narratives About Queer Palestinian Culture
Hyperallergic speaks to organizers behind Queer Cinema for Palestine, a global alternative event to the Israeli-government-supported Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival.
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“This Is Class War”: Protesters Storm MoMA with Palestinian Flags and Spoons
Protesters splashed paint on the entryway of the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, Manhattan.
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Inside The Viewing Booth, an Israel Supporter Reacts to Videos of the Occupation
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s documentary studies in real time how people rationalize and interpret the media they encounter.
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Citing Pro-Israel Ties, 25 Artists Disaffiliate From London Collection
Artists and cultural workers are withdrawing their work from the Zabludowicz Collection “in solidarity with Palestinian liberation.”
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“Don’t Fuck With the Jews” and Other Moments of Muscular Judaism on Film
Cinema’s thorny depictions of Israeli military action reflects the swift shift in Jewish identity around questions of oppression.
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Hundreds March Through Midtown for Final Week of “Strike MoMA”
Activists unfurled a “Strike MoMA” banner at a courtyard in the museum and projected protest messages on the museum’s facade after dark.
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“This Is Apartheid”: Kara Walker, Nan Goldin, and 16,000+ Artists Voice Solidarity With Palestine
The letter was initially signed by 300 leading Palestinian artists, writers, and filmmakers, including Emily Jacir, Mona Hatoum, and Elia Suleiman.