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Related: About this forumIsrael Bars Prominent Palestinian Artist From Traveling To N.Y. Exhibit
Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar travels regularly to exhibit and discuss his art. This time, the Israeli army simply said no, you cant go.By Noa Yachot
|Published July 14, 2014
Khaled Jarrar, a prominent Palestinian artist based in Ramallah, was supposed to be in New York by now for an exhibit at the New Museum, a Manhattan hotspot for contemporary art.
Except Israel isnt letting him go. Jarrar arrived at the Allenby border crossing at 3:00 p.m. yesterday. Rather than cross into Jordan, as he has done many times over the last few years, he was told he could not exit due to an intelligence order. After 10 hours spent waiting, he returned home at around 1 a.m. today.
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Jarrars State of Palestine postage stamp. Among the countries that printed the stamp were Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway.
Jarrar is a Ramallah-based multimedia artist well known for his Live and Work in Palestine project, which created a a State of Palestine passport and postage stamp he designed as an expression of sovereignty and resistance against the occupation. More recently, he made a 70-minute documentary called Infiltrators, about the risks taken by Palestinians finding ways around the wall that separates them from both Israel and much of the West Bank. The film, which has received five international awards, will be featured in the New Museum exhibit. This is the trailer:
Jarrar regularly travels internationally on behalf of his art for a sense of how often, you can see a list of all the festivals that have shown his film here; he attended most of them. Israeli authorities granted him a permit to travel to Jerusalem for an interview at the American consulate just last month, and he returned from an exhibit in Paris only two weeks ago.
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Purveyor
Jul 2014
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Go ahead and defend this. He had his right to travel violated because he belonged
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
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oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)1. Lousy politics, Israel.
In the world of today, you had to know this would be social network news.
msongs
(67,405 posts)2. he needs rick blaine to get him an exit visa from the occupier nt
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3. the totally non-racist, non-apartheid state at work nt
Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)4. Racist?
What makes you think it'd be racist?
As for apartheid, that doesn't even make enough sense to debunk.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)5. Go ahead and defend this. He had his right to travel violated because he belonged
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to the wrong ethnic/religious group.
Pure and simple.