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Fahed Halabi, Ala Farhat
Video Fahed Halabi and Ala Farhat are Syrian artists whose joint artistic practice is based on their work in the past decade as construction workers, day laborers, and contractor workers. The video Working Day (2009) describes a workday
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Abed Abdi
Works on paper Abed Abdi’s art is chiefly rooted in the autonomous sphere constituted by the language of Arabic literature and the Arabic press. In 1964 he left for art studies in Dresden, where he created many drawings which were published in the Arabic press, portraying refugees
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Scandar Copti, Rabia Buchari
Video In Scandar Copti and Rabia Buchari’s video piece Truth (2003), two Palestinians from Jaffa visit non-touristy sites in the city, recounting the “history” of the place as if they were tour guides.
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Durar Bacri
Paintings Durar Bacri’s works engage in architectural mapping of his neighborhood in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. From the rooftop of his building he documents Chlenov Street which links Salame Street to the south with the Begin Road to the north, west of the
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Osama Said
Paintings Osama Said’s landscape paintings featured in the exhibition were created in Berlin following his graduation from art school. Untitled (1990) depicts a forest comprised of black felled trunks, whose rhythm and nature hint at an olive grove. The grove,
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Men in the Sun
The exhibition “Men in the Sun” explores contemporary Palestinian art, whose practitioners live and work in Israel. It borrows its title from Ghassan Kanafani’s story by that name. Published in 1963 , the novel unfolds the journey of three Palestinians of different generations who seek work in the Emirates in an attempt to deliver themselves and their families from their harsh conditions of life. Lacking the necessary transit permits, the three are forced to hide in an empty
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