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Rula Halawani
Articles on Rula Halawani:
Arts and politics in Palestine through my photographs
Rula Halawani
I am a working artist, a photographer living
and working in an intensely political environment. I am more comfortable
taking photographs than writing or talking. (more...)
Pain, Touch, Pressure, Temperature: Rula Halawani’s
Intimacies of Occupation
By Lori A. Allen
The skin of fingertips contains the
highest density of nerve endings of any body part. From them pain,
touch, pressure, temperature are conveyed through the hands’
vivid sensitivity. There is also something ultimately human about
hands, and personal. (more...)
Rula Halawani
By Dr. Tina Sherwell
In the photographs of Rula
Halawani, the daily political reality of life in Palestine is represented.
The artist creates and captures images that represent the changes
and experiences of Palestinians. (more...)
Rula Halawani: A Biographical Sketch
By Michket Krifa
The first time I saw Rula Halawani
was in 1995, a little more than a year after the Oslo Accords. She
had been accompanying Palestinian adolescents who were facing Israeli
adolescents in a photography workshop organised by the International
Center for Peace in the Middle East.
(more...)
Resume:
Works and resides in Jerusalem, Palestine.
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS: |
| April 2005 |
7th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| October 2004 |
Fotografie Forum international, Frankfort, Germany |
| September 2004 |
Noorderlicht Photo festival, Leeuwarden, Holland |
| April 2004 |
Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, Ramallah, Palestine |
| April 2003 |
Art Car museum, Texas, USA |
| April 2002 |
6th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| December 2002 |
The Museum of the City of Rome |
| March 2002 |
Bridgette March Gallery, Stuttgart |
| May 2000 |
London, Wigmore Gallery, “Symbols From My Homeland,”
an exhibition completed in France, England, and the U.S. featuring
portraits of immigrants from various nations and their homeland
symbols which they’ve brought with them to their new homes.
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| July 1999 |
Drammen Museum of Art and Cultural History, Norway |
| July 1999 |
Gent, Belgium, Exhibition |
| June 1999 |
Tel Aviv, Exhibition |
| September 1998 |
Folly Gallery, Lancaster, Britain |
| April 1997 |
Fnac Gallery, Paris, Exhibition |
| September 1993 |
Fifth International Photojournalism Festival, “Visa
Pour L’image,”
Perpignan, France. |
| May 1993 |
Third Recontres Photographiques de Normandy, France |
| October 1992 |
French Cultural Center, East Jerusalem |
| AWARDS and EDUCATION: |
| Oct. 1988 |
Award from Department of Photography, University
of Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Mar. 1988 |
Award & Certificate from KODAK, Canada |
| Jun. 1989 |
B.A. Advanced in Math & Photography, University of Saskatchewan,
Canada |
| Sep. 1993 |
Award from the Palestinian Journalist Union, Palestine |
| Nov. 1996 |
Award from the Ministry of Culture & Arts, Palestine |
| Aug & Sep 1999 |
Artist residency, Contre Jour Photography Association, Marseille,
France |
| Oct & Nov 2000 |
Artist residency, Multi Exposure Photography Association,
London, UK, the award was given to British Israeli and Palestinian
photographers |
| May 2000 |
Grant Award from the Global Travel and Learning Fund of the
Institute of
International Education in NY, New York, USA |
| Mar.& Apr.2000 |
Artist residency, Chicago Artist International Program (CAIP),
USA |
| 2001 |
Masters in photographic studies, University of Westminster,
London, UK |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: |
2001 to present |
Photography teacher & Founder of the department, Birzeit
University, Palestine. |
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Freelance Photographer |
September 1999 |
Photojournalist - submitted 25 images of Intifada for
“Our story, the Palestinians” book by Sabeel Theology
Center, Palestine. |
1990 to present |
Freelance Photojournalist/ Snenska Dagbladet, Sweeden
Middle East Report, USA |
1998- 2000 |
Director and teacher of photography workshops, Al-ma'mal Foundation
for
Contemporary Art, East Jerusalem, Palestine |
1995 to 1999 |
Photojournalist/Reuters |
1994 to 2000 |
Ford Foundation annual report/once a year, USA |
1995 |
Photography workshop - Taught to Palestinian and Israeli Students
in Jaffa |
1993 to 1994 |
Sygma Agency – Full-Time Photojournalist |
May - August 1992 |
Photojournalist - Photographed Portraits of Political Leaders
for John Walach’s book, “The New Palestinians”,
USA |
Contact: rhalawani@birzeit.edu
Additional links on works by Rula Halawani:
http://www.universes-in-universe.de/islam/eng/artists/pse/halawani.rul.html
http://www.virtual-palestine.org/jerusalem/rula1.htm
http://www.sakakini.org/visualarts/halawani.htm
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050321&s=solomon
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