Art as a Mirror:: How Canadian Institutions Are Complicit in Silencing Palestinian Voices
C Magazine, Dec 12 Fall, 2024, v. Almanac, no. 158, pp. 22-26
Alia Hijaab and Rana Nazzal Hamadeh discuss the political landscape of institutions regarding Palestine. Calling out major institutions in Canada, such as the AGO and ROM, whom have had a history of censorship in Palestine, for the sake of keeping funding or complaints by Zionist organizations. Mention Wanda Nunibush's departure from the AGO and ROM's censorship in the exhibition "Death: Life's Greatest Mystery".
ITEM 2024.035 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Death: Life's Greatest Mystery – Jenin Yaseen
Death: Life's Greatest Mystery – Sameerah Ahmad
An Act of Possession – Sama Alshaibi
Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and Beyond – Sama Alshaibi
Wanda Nanibush
Refaat Alareer
Fatin Chowdhury
Julio Garcia Espinosa
Alia Hijaab
Rana Nazzal Hamadeh