Showing posts with label arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arts. Show all posts
Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Symbols of Humanity: Syrian artist bridges times, religions

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In our divided and polarised world, who, but artists, can conjure up the possibility of coexistence between cult...
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Friday, 15 June 2018

Another Day in Baghdad – Iraqi women tell their stories

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Maysoon Pachachi and crew members A couple of weeks ago, I went to a wonderful event at the Royal Court Theatre ...
Sunday, 10 July 2016

Freedom is not easy - exhibition of refugees who found safety in London

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Hodan Omar from Somalia/Credit: Caroline Irby @carolineirby If you are in London July 12-18, come and see “Freedom is not easy”...
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Saturday, 31 October 2015

Gallery Olympe de Gouges in Paris honours women's rights pioneer

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Olympe de Gouges Gallery/credit: Veronique Mistiaen “DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN AND THE FEMALE CITIZEN...
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Friday, 3 April 2015

Survivors of war and torture united by music - Stone Flowers

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Stone Flowers members/courtesy of Stone Flowers   --> Stone Flowers – a musical group comprised of war and to...
Monday, 25 August 2014

"Shout Art Loud" - Using art to fight sexual violence against women in Egypt

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--> The vast majority of women in Egypt have experienced some form of sexual harassment : it is a common occurrence on the...
Thursday, 26 June 2014

Unearthed exhibition - Syrian Artist Responds to Conflict in his Homeland

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Unearthed (in Memoriam), 2014, repurposed book covers/credit: Emma K Freeman I love artist studios with their works in progress scatte...
Tuesday, 20 May 2014

War Correspondents

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Rebecca Thorn and Oliver Senton/credit: Simon Richardson --> The dangers of life as a war reporter are horribly familiar. Onl...
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Monday, 14 January 2013

Landfill Harmonic – Turning trash into music

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My New Year resolution as a journalist is to try to focus more on solutions rather than on sho...
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Thursday, 22 November 2012

Anish Kapoor does a Gangnam Style in support of Ai Weiwei

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  Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor has made a rousing (and funny!) video in support of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwe...
Monday, 6 August 2012

England riots one year on – Hackney’s youths reflect on freedom and safety

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--> Freedom/Lydia Noura, 16 To mark the anniversary of the devastating riots , which spread across the country last summer...