Wednesday, 28 July | 17:00-20:00
Location: The Palestinian Museum and the Museum’s social media platforms
ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83367701782

The symposium sheds light on the political and cultural space inside the 1948 Occupied Territories in general, and the coastal cities in particular. It focuses on the history of political and cultural work through exploring the history of political and cultural movements that occurred in the coastal cities. It analyzes the relationship between political and cultural work, and examines the nature of the relationship between them through addressing a variety of questions: Is cultural work political in principle? Can we draw a line between cultural and political practices? How can cultural work become synonymous with the political identity?
 
Rana Bishara
A Palestinian plastic artist. She was born in the Palestinian village of Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee in 1971. She holds a first title in Arts and Women’s Studies, a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Haifa University in 1994, and a Master’s degree from Savannah College in New York University in the fields of Modern Arts. She is considered an active and dynamic artist in 1948 Palestinian Occupied Territories. She has held a number of solo exhibitions and has many group participations locally and internationally. 

Rasha Helweh
A Palestinian writer and journalist in the cultural field. She was born in the 1948 occupied city of Acre. She holds a BA in Sociology and Human Sciences from the University of Haifa. She worked as managing editor of the cultural website "Qadita.net", and a media coordinator at the Arab Culture Association in Haifa.

Nadim Karkby
Postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests include popular culture and art in the Arab world, and in Palestine in particular.

Rabi Eid
A Palestinian journalist who has worked as editor-in-chief for the “Fasl al-Maqal” newspaper, which is published in the 1948 Occupied Territories. He wrote for a number of Arab newspapers and websites. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Media and Cultural Studies.

Asma Azayzeh
A Palestinian poet. She was born in Daburieh, a village in in the Lower Galilee, and currently lives in the city of Haifa. She works at the Kasabeh Theatre, and is presenting programs at "Musawa" channel. She  organizes cultural activities and exhibitions at Fattoush Cultural Café in Haifa as well.  She has published a number of articles on culture in several newspapers. She published her poetry collection "Liwa" (2011, Al-Ahlia), which won the Abdul Mohsin Al-Qattan Prize in 2010. She also published “As the woman of Lod bore me” (2015, Al-Ahliyyah).

Selected topics from the Digital Archive project:

A protest against the Israeli Occupation
A protest against the Israeli Occupation - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) (palarchive.org)
 
Rajih al Salfeety with his wife on Acre's beach
Rajih al Salfeety with his wife on Acre's beach - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) (palarchive.org)
 
A protest in Acre in 1989
A protest in Acre in 1989 - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) (palarchive.org)

A portrait of the Secretary-General of the Democratic Women's Movement in the March 8, 2012 demonstration.
A portrait of the Secretary-General of the Movement of Democratic Women at the 8th of March demonstration, 2012 - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) (palarchive.org)
 
A Demonstration in Haifa Demanding the Rights of the Arab Local Councils in 1990
A Demonstration in Haifa Demanding the Rights of the Arab Local Councils in 1990 - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) (palarchive.org)
 
Zahira Kamal with a British volunteer and a Member of the Federation of Palestinian Women's Action Committees in Gaza, 1986.
Zahira Kamal with a British Volunteer and a Member of the Federation of Palestinian Women’s Action Committees in Gaza - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) (palarchive.org)
 
As- Ṣayyadin Cafe in Yaffa
Aṣ-Ṣayyadīn Cafe in Israeli-Occupied Yaffa - The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) (palarchive.org)