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Palestine's Museums — From Connecticut to Edinburgh to Venice | Faisal Saleh

"We spent all our lives walking into other people's museums. The time had come to walk into our own." Today, we sit down with Faisal Saleh — Palestinian entrepreneur, photographer, and founder of the Palestine Museum US — to talk about what it took to build the first permanent Pa ...  Show more

Palestinian Dabke & Dance as Resistance | El-Funoun

In this episode of Tarwida, we sit down with Noora Baker, Head of Production at El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe — one of the most celebrated Palestinian folk dance companies in the world, founded in 1979 with over 300 members and 16 major productions. Noora takes us through he ...  Show more

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