Cruising through Jordan with ‘Nancy’, the vintage Mercedes covered in books
MIDDLE EAST EYE (25/9/2018) A 1974 Mercedes, wrapped in a blanket of books, stands still on Rainbow Street – one of the oldest and busiest streets in central Amman. Curious pedestrians stop to take a look at the rare model and do not hesitate to flick through the pages of books that catch their eye. “It’s like a […]
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Kashmiris turn to art to challenge Indian rule
AL-JAZEERA (20/3/2018) Kashmir has a rich tradition of artisan culture. Intricate woodcarvings, colourful papier-mache and exquisite cashmere scarfs made the Himalayan valley renowned for its fine handcrafts. Cashmere scarfs are usually embroidered with flowers and birds, but the artists Mahum Shabir and Mir Suhail wanted to challenge conventional representations of Kashmir and its crafts by designing […]
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A Índia não estava coberta: descobrir a presença portuguesa em Cochim
BUALA (4/2/2018) “Foi a pimenta que fez Vasco da Gama atravessar os mares, da torre de Belém em Lisboa até à costa de Malabar”, explica o escritor indiano Salman Rushdie no romance O último suspiro do mouro, a crónica de uma família indiana com ascendência portuguesa na cidade de Cochim, no sul da Índia. Rushdie descreve […]
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Palestinian refugees use street art to keep hope alive
MIDDLE EAST EYE (14/9/2017) Streets are dim and narrow in the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh, in southern Beirut. Walls are so high in the camp’s thread-like alleys, that in some places daylight is nowhere to be found. Yet colours burst off the walls where murals have been painted by Palestinian artists using art […]
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Childhood Interrupted – A photo-essay by Syrian children
LATTERLY MAGAZINE (6/11/2016) Life for Syrian refugees in Turkey is especially hard for children. Forced to leave their homes, interrupt their studies and adapt to difficult conditions of instability and vulnerability in a foreign country, Syrian children are forced to grow up too quickly. Children as young as twelve work twelve hours a day, six […]
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Ron Haviv: Imaging War
BALKAN DISKURS (21/3/2016) Ron Haviv has spent almost 25 years documenting conflicts around the world, from the wars in Bosnia and Rwanda to the famine in Somalia. He spent 10 years photographing the Balkan wars, taking some of the most famous photographs of the Bosnian war. We met in Sarajevo, where an exhibition of his […]
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Art Aevi in Sarajevo: A Museum for Peace
BALKAN DISKURS (23/12/2015) “If you are looking for hell, ask the artist where it is. If you don’t find the artist, then you are already in hell,” wrote Avigdoor Pawsner in 1793. Two hundred years later, the Bosnian artist Dean J. Toumin quoted Pawsner during the war in Sarajevo. Pawsner’s words now welcome visitors to […]
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Remembering Srebrenica at the Sarajevo Film Festival
GLOBAL VOICES (9/9/2015) Considered the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb troops at Srebrenica in 1995. A new film focusing on survivors of the Srebrenica genocide premiered at the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival on August 17 On August 17, Bosnian director Samir Mehanović presented his documentary […]
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The Bridges of Bosnia-Herzegovina
BALKAN DISKURS (13/1/2016) Bosnia is a country of bridges: Sarajevo is famous for its 13 bridges, among them the well-known Latin Bridge where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, an event that triggered the First World War. The Mostar Bridge is on the cover of almost every Bosnian travel guide, and the photos of its destruction […]
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Aprender a ler na Mouraria
PÚBLICO (13.6.2015) As aulas de alfabetização da associação Renovar a Mouraria, em Lisboa, já ensinam adultos a ler há dois anos mas correm o risco de ser canceladas em breve por falta de financiamento Seguram os lápis e folhas com firmeza e vão escrevendo lentamente em letras redondas: “filho”, “colher”, “milho”, “mulher”. Hoje, a aula […]
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