– Edward Said
The late Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, remarked that Palestinians had been denied permission to narrate their history and speak of the day-to-day experiences of life in the margins. Here, we reclaim that permission to narrate our own stories.
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The late Palestinian cartoonist, Naji al-Ali, produced over 40,000 cartoons satirizing the powers that be in the Middle East. Emerging from humble beginnings in the refugee camps, for over 30 years he was an uncompromising critic of a regressive Arab political culture and of Western intervention in Arab affairs.
Shayota’s portaits of Iraqis living in America are painted without narrative intention. Instead, psychological spaces, placement of figures, and paint application tell the story. The collection begins in the early eighties when Shayota started painting the daily life of the Detroit Chaldean community to which he immigrated in 1980.
The city of Jerusalem has occupied a central role in the world’s religious and political history and has drawn people from all over the world to its sacred sites. With a turbulent past and present, it lies at the heart of the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
PALESTINE CENTER CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN GAZA For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (November 8, 2006) – The Palestine Center calls on the international community to immediately intervene to protect Palestinian civilians from Israel’s ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip which has lead to the death of 83 Palestinians in eight days. … Read more
On 27 October 2006, experts and scholars studied the effect political negotiations and events on the ground have had on life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since the start of the Oslo process. Panelists analyzed the obstacles facing a two-state solution and discuss strategies to create a viable end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Blessed among the crafts, Arabic calligraphy possesses an emotive appeal and a visual impact that captivates and invites the viewer to meditation.
PALESTINE CENTER URGES INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN GAZA AND LEBANON For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, DC; July 13, 2006 – The Palestine Center calls on the international community to bring an end to Israel’s military escalation against Palestinian and Lebanese civilians. Israel’s military campaign has resulted in a large number of civilian … Read more
For this exhibition, Dagmar Painter, curator of The Jerusalem
Fund Gallery, has transformed her recent photographs of Tunis, Tunisia
into memories, les souvenirs, and has added layers of reminiscence with
the objects, souvenirs of her life there, that have attached themselves
to the images as real reminders of the recollections the photographs
evoke.
Through educational events, humanitarian support, and cultural preservation, the Jerusalem Fund is helping build the movement for Palestinian liberation.
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