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BYU Cultural Museum Brings Bethlehem to Provo

Oct 22, 2018

SOURCE: HERALD EXTRA BY: SARAH HARRIS When Brigham Young University associate professor Cynthia Finlayson visited Bethlehem with a professional team(...)

Difference-Makers: Itedal Shalabi and Nareman Taha. South Suburban Women Help Link Arab Americans to Social Services

Oct 21, 2018

SOURCE: CHICAGO TRIBUNE BY: ZAK KOESKE As the children of immigrants, Itedal Shalabi and Nareman Taha have spent their lives(...)

Collecting Guide: Middle Eastern Modern and Contemporary Art

Oct 21, 2018

SOURCE: CHRISTIE'S Specialist Hala Khayat explains how post-independence optimism in the region generated a new form of Modernism that transcended(...)

“Female Pain Is Fetishized But Never Vindicated”: An Artist Probes the Politics of Women’s Bodies

Oct 21, 2018

Izdihar Afyouni investigates the ethical and psychological implications of racial and genetic profiling by subverting the process of accumulating race-differentiated(...)

Arab Art & Education Initiative Launches in the Big Apple

Oct 21, 2018

SOURCE: ABOUT HER BY: AMRITA SINGH Otherwise known as the Big Apple, New York will be home to the Arab(...)

Travel Sights: Art Exhibit Shows Refugee Experiences in Syria

Oct 20, 2018

SOURCE: BROOKLYN DAILY BY: JULIANNE McSHANE It’s a tale of two Syrias. A new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum spotlights(...)

Syrian Artist Wael Tarabieh on Reclaiming Cultural Identity through Art in Golan Heights

Oct 20, 2018

We talk to the Syrian artist about reviving the arts scene in Golan and their collaboration with Palestinian artists at Qalandiya International(...)

One Man’s (Very Polite) Fight against Media Islamophobia

Oct 20, 2018

For three years, Miqdaad Versi has waged a quixotic – and always scrupulously courteous – campaign against the endless errors(...)

Columbia University Cancels Talk by Major Saudi Artist Ahmed Mater

Oct 20, 2018

New York cultural organisations rethink their participation in a Saudi-led cultural initiative amid current controversy over the disappearance of Jamal(...)

Murder at the Consulate: The Questions that Occupy Us

Oct 19, 2018

By: Azmi Bishara They have murdered Jamal Khashoggi but his case has slipped beyond the ability of the perpetrators to contain it,(...)

The ‘Stars of Science’ Shortlist Includes More Women Than Ever Before

Oct 19, 2018

Female innovators are gaining the upper hand on the show that empowers Arab youth to implement creative solutions to regional(...)

Metropolitan and Brooklyn Museums Reject Saudi Funding for Arab Art Funding

Oct 19, 2018

SOURCE: ARTFORUM Amid the international uproar over Saudi Arabia’s suspected involvement in the disappearance of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a(...)