The Dream (Mohammad Malas, Syria, 1987), 45 min

Measures of Distance (Mona Hatoum, United Kingdom, 1988), 16 min

Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction (Michel Khleifi, Palestine, Belgium, 1984), 32 min

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Facilitator: Nayrouz Abu Hatoum

Nayrouz Abu Hatoum is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Concordia University. She was the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University for 2018/2019. Her research explores visual politics in Palestine and focuses on alternative imaginations, peoples' place-making and dwelling practices in contexts of settler-colonialism. Currently, she is working on her ethnographic project that examines the politics of visual arts and artist's role in expanding Palestinians' imagination. Abu Hatoum is a founding member of Insaniyyat - Society of Palestinian Anthropologists. In addition to English, she is fluent in Arabic and Hebrew.

Curator: Marco Meneghin

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