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In previous years, the festival welcomed a variety of proposals with different content but one focus; the promotion of non-violence.

The reason why Rana Samara is one of the most cutting-edge of Palestinian artists is because she looks at one fundamental aspect of our humanity, one which is generally...

Home Beirut Sounding the Neighbors

“Today we live life in temporary slots,” Beatrice Catanzaro tells me. “Even a mother saying that she wants to have a baby thinks about it as a project. We...

Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, Palestine, opened in March 2017

Indeed, the museum is nomadic, a political stance in itself.

In many art colleges today, teachers are dismissive of work that is too personal. They disapprove of students inspired by the expressivity of a Munch or trying to follow...

According to Rafat Asad, as a Palestinian artist, you can’t avoid being political. “Every moment you live in this place is political,” he tells me. “If you want to...