Palestine

Wounded Sovereignty: The Palestinian Body as Symbolic Capital in the Age of War Economies

In this article, the Palestinian body is studied not only as a physical entity, but also as a symbolic surface through which practices of control are transmitted and systems of conflict are rewritten. From the field to the image, from oppression to resistance, the article traces how the body is persecuted, consumed, and re-represented, while exploring the possibility of restoring its meaning and sovereignty from within the visual space itself.

Zerstört

The word “Zerstört” (destroyed, in German) is inscribed into the concrete floor. Shira Wachsmann tries, in vain, to eliminate it. The words “ort” (place) and “stört” (disturbing) are still visible. The destroyed is still present.

Ayman Safiah: the Dimensions of Empty Space and the Question: What Comes Next?

Wisam Gibran offers a broad reading of the life work of the late Palestinian artist Ayman Safiah. He examines how the body becomes a site speaking the language of freedom, and dance disrupts all that is familiar with its courageous details; he delves into the issue of freedom, gauging the boundaries of the self and its collapse.

Present Progressive: Speculations On Cultural Imagination In The Middle East

What do recent accounts of institutional cultural practice in the Middle East offer to further the understanding and the development of contemporary cultural production in the region, and what do they fail to address? Lama Suleiman reviews the latest volume in the ongoing Ibraaz publication series on visual culture in the Middle East and North Africa

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Afrofuturism and Arabfuturism: Reflections of a Present-day Diasporic Reader

Writing a review of a recent publication on Afrofuturism for Tohu Magazine has led Lama Suleiman to explore the still-nascent concept of Arabfuturism and its potential relevance to the discourse on Arab and Palestinian cultural production.

Conversation Piece #2 - Rabia Salfiti

Michel Nassar in conversation with Rabia Salfiti on travelling, meditation, propaganda and martyrdom