Middle East/North Africa
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A Whale Is A Whale Is A Whale: Swan Song for the Arabian Humpback
January 6, 2015 -
With her haunting new video, artist Sophia Al-Maria composes an ethereal tribute to the disappearing Arabian Humpback population, tracing its near-extinction from whaling for oil and sport to the destruction of its habitat caused by industry. More -
You Are Eating a Dying Language: Michael Rakowitz on Arab Jewish Identity
October 20, 2014 -
Artist Michael Rakowitz examines the disappearance of Arab Jewish identity in the context of his recent project Dar Al Sulh, a temporary restaurant serving Iraqi Jewish cuisine in Dubai, for our Summit Series. More -
Who’s Happy About Abu Dhabi’s “Island of Happiness”? It’s Not the Construction Workers
August 18, 2014 -
In this episode of Forms of Life, Nato Thompson speaks about the harsh conditions faced by workers in Abu Dhabi. More -
Now Eat My Script: Writing the Experience of Syrian Refugees
August 4, 2014 -
“It seems we kill the intimate moment of death each time we record it,” observes the silent narrator of Mounira Al Solh’s Now Eat My Script, a video that ruminates on representations of violence in the context of Syria’s civil war. More -
Running Orders: A Poem for Gaza
July 28, 2014 -
More than 1,000 Palestinians—the vast majority of them civilians—have been killed during Israel’s latest assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, which is home to roughly 1.8 million Palestinians. Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s poem conveys the harrowing experience of receiving Israeli warnings of imminent strikes and having nowhere to run. More