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Swiss museum suspends Elysée Prize to protest Lacoste's exclusion of Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 19:40

The Musée de L’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland has suspended the 2011 Lacoste Elysée Prize, a presitigious international photography contest, over the sponsor’s decision to expel Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour. The following press release was issued by the museum.

Susan Youssef's Habibi, a Gaza feature film a decade in the making, wins major award

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 19:25

Susan Youssef’s new feature film Habibi has won the award for Best Arab Feature Film at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival.

This achievement comes after a decade-long struggle by Youssef to make the film. Last year she wrote for The Electronic Intifada about the trials of making a feature film set in Gaza and what inspired it:

French clothing firm Lacoste censors, expels Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour from prestigious contest

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 14:22

The high-end French clothing chain Lacoste has demanded the removal of work by Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour from the shortlist for the €25,000 Lacoste Elysee Prize that is awarded by the Swiss Musee de l’Elysee with sponsorship from the firm.

Book of censored Gaza children's artwork published

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 15:48
Artwork made by Palestinian children after Israel’s attacks on Gaza in 2008-09 — and subsequently censored by the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland — is now available in book form.

Shooting in Hebron: Watch gripping trailer for Nicole Ballivian's new project Sleeping on Stones

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 14:18

The trailer for Sleeping on Stones, the feature film that is the current project of Palestinian-American director Nicole Ballivian, made my heart leap.

WATCH: Palestinian poets Remi Kanazi and Rafeef Ziadah -- "We teach life, sir"

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 23:21
Palestinian poets Rafeef Ziadah and Remi Kanazi spit fire with two extraordinary poems, performed last weekend in London.

Israel's war on Palestinian culture

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 20:31
In a new article made available today by the journal Jerusalem Quarterly, activist and The Electronic Intifada contributor Hannah Mermelstein discusses a lesser known part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine — the attempted annihilation of the Palestinian nation through cultural theft and destruction.

Gaza child artist responds to the censoring of his artwork

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 03:33
12-year-old Ali Hassan al Baba in Gaza: “It’s my right to draw”

Ten days of not-to-be-missed events launch tonight at Boston Palestine Film Festival

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 01:33
If you’re anywhere nearby, you don’t want to miss this year’s Boston Palestine Film Festival.

Swiss artist Brenar warns of intolerance of dissent

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 10:23
Swiss artist Brenar warns in his painting “Work in Progress” of right wing extremism and intolerance of different, unique opinions.

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