Anat Ben-David

1970, Jerusalem Lives and works in London Light Heads, Video, 2:17 min., looped, 2008

Benni Efrat

1936, Beirut Lives and works in Israel Ararat Express – Autumn 2034, Video Documentation, 1986-2009

Alber Elbaz

1961, Casablanca Lives and works in Paris From the Lanvin 2009/10 Fall-Winter Collection,

Video Raafat Hattab’s video piece, Untitled, presents the artist drawing water with a bucket, lengthily watering an olive tree as he rubs its leaves and softly caresses its trunk. Lebanese singer Ahmad Kaabour’s song Hob (Love) is heard

Rani Zahrawi

Paintings Rani Zahrawi employs a realistic style and the airbrush technique, regularly used for murals and graffiti, to present images of streets, houses, and bare walls devoid of all markings. Focusing on his village Majd al-Kurum, Zahrawi’s paintings depict the

Fahed Halabi

Videos Fahed Halabi and Ala Farhat are Syrian

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 in

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,

Asim Abu-Shakra

Paintings The image of the potted sabra

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.