Projects tagged
Religion
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Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)
Read more: Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)Mansour began rapping in 2003 and has gained recognition in the Middle East, Europe and the United States for her own songs and collaborations with other artists. She performs wearing a traditional Palestinian thawb and has said that she considers…
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Hijabizing Dolce & Gabbana
Read more: Hijabizing Dolce & GabbanaPrincess Hijab is an anonymous female street artist working primarily in Paris, France. Her art centres on veiling the main characters of subway advertisements using black paint. Few facts are known about Princess Hijab. “Guerrilla art is innocent and criminal,…
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Tibetan Self-immolation Portraits
Read more: Tibetan Self-immolation PortraitsBeijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects — men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive — have one thing in…
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‘Calligraffiti’ Artist El Seed Makes Tunisia His Canvas
Read more: ‘Calligraffiti’ Artist El Seed Makes Tunisia His CanvasThe minaret of the Jara Mosque in Gabes towers over its surroundings. Formed of golden brick, it jolts up from the flat, sand-colored cityscape around it, all the better to broadcast the call to prayer across the coastal city. But…
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Nude protest for International Women’s Day
Read more: Nude protest for International Women’s DayOn 8 March 2014, International Women’s Day, several female activists (Amina Sboui, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Solmaz Vakilpour, Safia Lebdi, Meriam Russel and Maryam Namazie) protested nude in support of women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa in front…
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Shirin Neshat Addresses Iranian President at the WEF in Davos
Read more: Shirin Neshat Addresses Iranian President at the WEF in DavosShirin Neshat is an Iranian visual artist who works and resides in New York City. Her work refers to the social, political and religious codes of Muslim societies. She particularly addresses the psychological dimensions of women’s experience in contemporary islamic…
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Nude Protests and Political Contradictions
Read more: Nude Protests and Political ContradictionsLast month Amina Tyler, a 19 year old Tunisian blogger, posted a nude photo of herself as a protest; she is now under death threat. In her defense, the Ukrainian group Femen [13] staged a global “topless jihad” [14] on…
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Art, From Conception to Birth in Qatar
Read more: Art, From Conception to Birth in QatarFor weeks, 14 giant balloons had been mysteriously parked in front of the Sidra Medical and Research Center, a hulking steel, glass and white ceramic building devoted to women’s and children’s health that is to open on the outskirts of…
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#Stripforjackie: Lebanese Olympic skier sparks social media campaign about free speech
Read more: #Stripforjackie: Lebanese Olympic skier sparks social media campaign about free speechA Lebanese Olympic skier whose topless calendar prompted calls for a ministerial inquiry has unwittingly sparked a social media campaign backing her, with supporters stripping off in solidarity. Three years ago, Jackie Chamoun posed for a calendar photo shoot. Behind-the-scenes…
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Church protest reveals realities of life in modern Bethlehem
Read more: Church protest reveals realities of life in modern BethlehemThe Rev Lucy Winkett is having trouble sleeping. This is because her church on Piccadilly has decided to erect a full-size copy of the Israeli separation barrier to block off her Christopher Wren church. And because she lives above the…