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Roger Waters – “We Shall Overcome”, Palestine

by Haitham Sabbah June 12, 2010

Roger Waters wrote: “Over the new year 2009-2010, an international group of 1500 men and women from 42 nations went to Egypt to join a Freedom March to Gaza. They did this to protest the current blockade of Gaza. To protest the fact that the people of Gaza live in a virtual prison. To protest [...]

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Sculpture offends and ‘hurts’ poor little Israel

by Haitham Sabbah April 27, 2010

The Israeli embassy in Madrid is “hurt” and “offended!” How touching… It’s okay for Israelis to kill everyday, to spit on Christians and Muslims, to kidnap people and harvest their organs, to arrest and jail children, to use illegal weapons, to impose an illegal siege on a million and a half people in Gaza, to [...]

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An open letter to the Toronto International Film Festival

by Haitham Sabbah September 12, 2009

As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine. In 2008, the Israeli government and Canadian [...]

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Breakdancing lifts spirits in Gaza

by Haitham Sabbah September 12, 2009

Many in Gaza are still coming to terms with the 22-day war waged by Israel earlier this year. But one group is trying to lift the blues – by setting up a breakdancing club. The style originates from New York in the 1970s – and now it’s being exported all over Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Ayman [...]

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Reflect and resist

by Haitham Sabbah June 14, 2009

From theatre in a Bethlehem refugee camp to the Venice biennale, Palestinians are making art out of adversity – and doing it with grace, finds Ahdaf Soueif, organiser of the Palestine festival of literature Leaning against padded walls in a darkened room we eavesdrop on an argument: “the elite think they can get independence without [...]

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Gaza Over & Over..

by Haitham Sabbah June 2, 2009

Hover your mouse over the presentation and view in FULLSCREEN! This 70 pages document try to summarize Israel military aggression into Gaza Strip (December 2008 – February 2009). It contains photos, data, report and artworks related to the war. More then 30 artist involved and more then 40 artworks featured. This is the third project [...]

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Portrait by Ben Heine

by Haitham Sabbah April 26, 2008

My dearest friend, Ben Heine drawn this portrait. I can’t thank him enough for all what he is doing as a pro-Palestine activist. His cartoons and artwork always added to the context of my posts. Ben is a Belgian political cartoonist, caricaturist and painter born in June 12, 1983, in Abidjan, Ivory coast. He studied [...]

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‘Art Attack’: meet the new creative dissenters for Palestine

by Ann El Khoury January 17, 2008

Artist Peter Kennard meets members of a new generation of artistic dissenters in a movement spearheaded by artist Banksy, whose art has featured in Occupied Palestine as well as his native UK. Art attack by Peter Kennard | New Statesman | 17 January 2008 (cross-posted at peoplesgeography.com) Banksy attracts the press attention, but around him [...]

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Piss On Bush!

by Haitham Sabbah January 13, 2008

I fell off my chair laughing and could not believe my eyes when I saw this funny picture: Don’t you just feel like doing it…. NOW :) Well, this is not the first time I come across some of this “art”. It actually reminds me of a Belgian one few years ago. This website report [...]

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World’s Most Famous Men/Women in a Single Photograph/Artwork

by Haitham Sabbah November 26, 2007

Maybe you have seen this before, but just in case you did not… How many of them you can recognize!? (Click image to ENLARGE).

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MSLM and Muslim Chics

by Haitham Sabbah October 14, 2007

A while ago, the International Herald Tribune had an article about how Muslim fashion designers are getting more creative: But young Muslim entrepreneurs around the world are making their own fashion statements, modestly, challenging the status quo in their communities as well as stereotypes outside. [...] Specialty fashion houses and companies starting distinct ranges intended [...]

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In memory of Naji Al-Ali

by Haitham Sabbah July 31, 2007

After 20 years of the assassination of Palestinian political cartoonist Naji Al-Ali; watch this BBC “In pictures: The work of Naji al-Ali” And this is my collection of Naji’s work:

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The Israeli occupation through artists’ eyes

by Haitham Sabbah May 14, 2007

This is quoted from Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project: For the last three years, community members in Olympia, WA, and Rafah, Palestine, have been working together to create a lasting, sincere partnership to better foster understanding between people who have not traditionally had a chance to get to know one another. It is our belief that [...]

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Opera Idomeneo, Mohammed and Bikini

by Haitham Sabbah November 1, 2006

Although from different continent, the following two examples show just how ignorant and stupid some people can be about their knowledge of Islam. The first one comes right from one of the capitals of Islam, Cairo. This first story shows how stupid can some Muslims be: (????? ???????) ???? ???? ???????? ?? ??? ????????, 01-??????-2006 [...]

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Nostalgia!

by Haitham Sabbah September 4, 2006

By Belgian Cartoonist-journalist- blogger – Benjamin Heine

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