Last week, the famous rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, also known as Drake, dropped his newest album titled, “More Life.” Fans all over the world were bursting with energy, particularly his Arab ones, after they heard his references to their culture in several songs.
BY: Yara Jouzy/ Contributing Writer Legendary British singer, Elton John, performed at the opening of “The Walled Off Hotel” on Sunday night. The singer and songwriter expressed his solidarity with the Palestinians through his incredible video streamed performance at the hotel, which was recently unveiled by famed graffiti artist, Banksy. The honorary guest spoke to … Continued
BY: Yara Jouzy/ Contributing Writer The occupied Palestinian city of Bethlehem opened its newest hotel this week called the “The Hotel With the Worst View in the World”. Plastered all over the walls of the hotel are works by famous British graffiti artist and pro-Palestine activist, Banksy. The walled off hotel is made up of … Continued
BY: Weam Namou/Ambassador Blogger What We Carried: Fragments from the Cradle of Civilization is an ongoing project currently on view at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan and the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Illinois. The exhibit includes photos and writings chosen from over 250 Iraqi and Syrian refugees of the objects they carried … Continued
BY: Marissa Ovassapian/Contributing Writer Palestinian film festivals are reaching every corner of the United States. This emerging trend is bringing Palestinian issues, culture, and thoughts to the forefront of viewers’ minds. Annually, Palestine film festivals can be found in Boston, Ann Arbor, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Rochester, and Washington, D.C. Festivals can also be found internationally … Continued
Baladi Festival On the Golden Coast BY: Sami Asmar/Contributing Writer The romantic city of Santa Barbara on the beautiful California coast is a mecca for tourism as well as the home of one of the campuses of the University of California. Just like its older sister UCLA, UC Santa Barbara has a music department with … Continued
By ASHER WEBER The Jerusalem Post A video published online, purportedly on the behalf of the Norwegian National Theater, issued an apology for the theater’s cultural cooperation with Habima, Israel’s National Theater, on a project called ‘Terrorisms’ between 2013-2015. The Palestinian theater Shiber Hur Company also participated in the project. The nearly seven minute video … Continued
BY: Marissa Ovassapian/Contributing Writer Etel Adnan, born February 4, 1925, was raised in Beirut, Lebanon. Because her mother was from Greece and her father was a high-ranking Ottoman officer from Damascus, Adnan grew up speaking Greek and Turkish in addition to Arabic. This was the start of Etel Adnan’s cosmopolitan life. In Lebanon, Adnan studied … Continued
RAYANA KHALAF Stepfeed Palestinians have long rendered their plight into powerful pieces of art, demanding that people understand not just the facts, but the hearts, behind a struggle that has for so long been overly represented by their occupiers. Palestinian filmmakers have broken out of the shackles of restrictions to movement and an all-round daily struggle to make films … Continued
Reuters An artist in Gaza is using henna to create a series of stunning drawings of historically important sites in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. Painting with a paper cone filled with henna, 36-year-old Fatima al-Ghoul brings historic and religious monuments to life on canvas as a way to express her thoughts about the Palestinian … Continued
By Corinne Redfern Marie Claire She’s only 24 years old, but Rand Jarallah has already teamed up with the United Nations Population Fund to use beauty as a means of campaigning for women’s rights Ahead of the world’s inaugural Refugee Summit on the 19th September, Palestinian make up artist Rand Jarallah has kick-started a campaign … Continued
The Big Apple Tastes the Hummus BY: Sami Asmar/Contributing Writer There is probably nothing one cannot find in New York City, the metropolitan like no other. This includes Arab music of all forms. Over the years, several innovative bands were formed there and, until recently, the city was the home of Simon Shaheen, the world … Continued
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