Critical Writing Index

Art as a Mirror:: How Canadian Institutions Are Complicit in Silencing Palestinian Voices

by Alia Hijaab and Rana Nazzal Hamadeh

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 MysteryJenin Yaseen

Death: Life's Greatest MysterySameerah Ahmad

An Act of PossessionSama Alshaibi

Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and BeyondSama Alshaibi

Wanda Nanibush

Refaat Alareer

Fatin Chowdhury

Julio Garcia Espinosa

Alia Hijaab

Rana Nazzal Hamadeh