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Posted inFilm

Shot in Rome During Lockdown, Zeros and Ones is a Different Pandemic Thriller

by Jake Cole November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

Featuring Ethan Hawke in a dual role as twin brothers on opposite sides of a brewing war, Abel Ferrara’s new film evokes the paranoia of modern information overload.

Posted inFilm

Me and the Cult Leader, an Unlikely Story of Forgiveness

Avatar photo by Ren Scateni July 7, 2020November 5, 2020

Atsushi Sakahara, the survivor of a terrorist incident, films his journey with the spokesman for the group that committed the attack.

Posted inBooks

An Artist’s Portrait of State Violence in a Contested Corner of Turkey

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç May 1, 2018

Originally conceived as a video monument project, Still Life is a book that juxtaposes the Roboski families with the Turkish government’s war on terror.

Posted inIn Brief

Palmyra’s Ancient Lion of Al-lāt, Smashed by ISIS, Is Restored and Back On View

by Claire Voon October 5, 2017

The 2,000-year old statue, which for decades greeted visitors to the Palmyra museum before it was smashed by ISIS militants, has been restored in Damascus.

Posted inIn Brief

Sagrada Familia Among Sites Targeted by Barcelona Terrorists

by Claire Voon August 23, 2017

According to court testimony given by one of the suspects in last week’s attacks, the cell had originally planned to detonate vans filled with explosives at three crowded sites, including Gaudí’s spectacular church.

A tablet from the Persepolis Collection on Matthew Stopler's desk at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
Posted inNews

Victims of a Jerusalem Bombing Want to Seize Artifacts from a Chicago Museum as Damages

by Zoe Mendelson July 21, 2017July 21, 2017

The Supreme Court will decide whether the victims of the 1997 bombing can seize artifacts from the Oriental Institute that belong to Iran, which supported the terrorist organization responsible for the attack.

Posted inBooks

An Artist Who Survived the Paris Terrorist Attacks Draws His Experience

by Joseph Nechvatal November 10, 2016November 9, 2016

Artist Fred Dewilde was in the audience at the Bataclan the night of November 13, 2015, and he’s turned his ordeal and its aftermath into a comic book.

Posted inArt

A Symbolic Wound Takes Shape in Norway to Remember the 2011 Massacre

by Karen Gardiner July 22, 2016July 26, 2016

It has been exactly five years since Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people in Norway.

Posted inNews

Renowned Artist Leila Alaoui, Injured in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attacks, Dies at 33

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne January 19, 2016January 24, 2016

Leila Alaoui, the French-Moroccan photographer and video artist known for her poetic and unsentimental images of daily life in the Mediterranean and Middle East, died last night from injuries sustained during last week’s terrorist attack in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso.

Posted inNews

British Museum Will Train Iraqis in Rescue Archaeology

by Laura C. Mallonee October 30, 2015November 17, 2015

There’s nothing like watching ISIS blow up the ancient city of Nineveh to make archaeologists, conservationists, and historians feel helpless.

Posted inIn Brief

ISIS Destroys Palmyra’s 1,800-Year-Old Arch of Triumph

by Claire Voon October 5, 2015October 7, 2015

ISIS has destroyed the towering Arch of Triumph that stood for 1,800 years in the ancient city of Palmyra, the latest in the militant group’s series of attacks that threatens to completely obliterate the World Heritage Site.

Posted inNews

ISIS Bulldozes and Blows Up Two More Ancient Sites in Syria

by Claire Voon August 24, 2015September 4, 2015

Attacks on ancient cultural sites by ISIS in retaliation for what the terrorist group considers idolatry continue with the recent destruction of two ancient religious buildings in Syria.

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