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Artworks on display within the Palestinian Museum. Alaa Badarnehm / The Palestinian Museum
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Multi-location festivals and exhibitions help mitigate the divisions that Israel has created between Palestinian artists and the public, and their international counterparts. William Parry; Shafaq
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The Palestinian Museum will celebrate two years in May 2018. Iwan Baan / The Palestinian Museum
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Festival's like Palestine’s own Qalandiya International (QI) Biennial are seen as new and powerful forms of artistic resistance that are reinvigorating the art scene. William Parry; Qi
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Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art is part of a network of Palestinian arts organisations in Jerusalem, called “Shafaq". It has recently started opening up the its gallery space to host a regular series of concerts. William Parry; Al Ma'mal
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Artworks that are part of the Labour of Love: new approaches to Palestinian embroidery exhibition, currently on show at the Palestinian Museum. Alaa Badarnehm / The Palestinian Museum
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Artworks on display within the Palestinian Museum. Alaa Badarnehm / The Palestinian Museum
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Multi-location festivals and exhibitions help mitigate the divisions that Israel has created between Palestinian artists and the public, and their international counterparts. William Parry; Shafaq
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The Palestinian Museum will celebrate two years in May 2018. Iwan Baan / The Palestinian Museum
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Festival's like Palestine’s own Qalandiya International (QI) Biennial are seen as new and powerful forms of artistic resistance that are reinvigorating the art scene. William Parry; Qi
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GUDPU5BZAAHPDWIGITGBZP7VRU.jpg?smart=true&auth=5ce5d6f9ee854b0b14d5e20b8e3a64dba55f2c4d46f5532f49fa56f796e352a6&width=400&height=225)
Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art is part of a network of Palestinian arts organisations in Jerusalem, called “Shafaq". It has recently started opening up the its gallery space to host a regular series of concerts. William Parry; Al Ma'mal
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Artworks that are part of the Labour of Love: new approaches to Palestinian embroidery exhibition, currently on show at the Palestinian Museum. Alaa Badarnehm / The Palestinian Museum
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Artworks on display within the Palestinian Museum. Alaa Badarnehm / The Palestinian Museum
Art under occupation: The challenges facing Palestinian artists and cultural institutions
After two years, we ask if the Palestinian Museum and other artistic centres can ever connect a population under siege
William Parry
23 April, 2018
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