In Palestine, living a living history does not mean that you know what the next day will bring. Yasmeen of Nöl Collective writes about the rituals of the earth, memory and resistance in Palestine.
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As this year’s Safar Film Festival gets underway, we speak to the award-winning Jordanian director on how she tried to epitomise Palestinian joy coupled with imposing social restrictions in her debut feature Farha, which tells the story of a little girl in 1948 Palestine who survives the Nakba and is concealed in a cupboard by her father to protect her from pending danger.
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The Palestinian-Austrian third culture kid is on a journey to forge her own sonic identity by merging Arabic and French whilst rapping about her dual-cultural experiences.
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In this special long read, AZEEMA meets Reem and Sereen, two creatives who are changing the way Palestine is perceived through its art, fashion and culture. They share their experiences of living under Israeli occupation, how Western hegemony has seeped into their work, and how they began to root their work back into Palestinian heritage.
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With a powerfully sobering voice, Nisreen Bajis discusses the importance of her Palestinian heritage. She explores why, this time, the fight against Palestinian cultural erasure is stronger than ever due to the rise of social media’s wide-reaching records of forced, illegal Israeli settlements.
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Inspired by her upbringing as a Palestinian refugee, Jordan-based street artist Laila Ajjawi creates provocative murals that question inequality in the Middle East. She’s one of the few female creatives in the male-dominated field of political graffitiing in the region - but she’s not afraid to take up space.
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