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The program begins at 12 Noon US EDT; 7:00 PM Palestine Time.
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Nameer Qassim
Palestinian Artist
Meet Nameer Qassim, Artist and Activist
Nameer will talk about the events of this year and the environment she lives in, starting with her participation in the From Palestine With Art exhibition of the 59th Venice Biennale art festival (April 23 - November 27, 2022). She recently lost her father after a long illness and being a very important figure in her life. More recently she participated in the annual olive harvest of her father’s 34 olive trees in the village of Silwan. All this in the backdrop of the repressive and suffocating Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem.
About The Artist
Nameer Qassim was born in Jerusalem/Palestine in 1984. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from Al-Quds University in 2007. She held her first solo exhibition entitled "Spontaneous Character" at Yabous Cultural Center in Jerusalem 2012. She held her second solo exhibition entitled "Dance", visual works inspired by the Palestinian Folklore Ensemble at Mahmoud Darwish Museum in cooperation with the Palestinian Folklore Troupe and the Folk Art Center in Ramallah 2017. She participated in the facility exhibition organized by the Abdul Mohsin Al Qattan Foundation / Ramallah in 2019. She held her third solo exhibition entitled "Ishtibah" at Katara Cultural District in Doha / State of Qatar 2020.
Nameer Qassim’s painting, “Enough,” is exhibited at the 59th Venice Biennale Collateral Event exhibit "From Palestine With Art,” sponsored by Palestine Museum US.
Nameer Qassim’s painting inspired by the dances of the Folklore Folk Dance Troupe, two hands are united to repel a deep-rooted injustice as eyes stare at the face of an ungrateful time. Strong shoulders rise for every dream that began to flutter, and for every hope raised for a promising life, and a bright future. Nothing fails the bird except by the breaking of its dreams, and it does not clip its wings except by the retraction of its voice. So the bird promised his sky that it would not stop expressing openly, and from the loud cry, “Enough.”