ASL Interpretation
To drive in Palestine is to pass through a landscape cut by walls, watchtowers, gates, and fences—where every turn, every stretch of road, is marked by a regime of control. For over a decade, artist Rehab Nazzal documented the violent architecture of Israeli apartheid through collecting photographs, video, and sound. السياقة بفلسطين تعني المرور عبر منظرا طبيعيا يخترقه جدران ، أبراج مراقبة، بوابات، وأسوار- و كل منعطف، كل جزء من الطريق، معلّم بنظام تحكّم وسيطرة. لأكثر من عقد من الزمان، دوّنت الفنانة رحاب نزّال الهندسة العنيفة لنظام الفصل العنصري الإسرائيلي عن طريق جمع صور، فيديوهات، وصوت. Driving in Palestine brings together photographs taken from moving vehicles between 2010 and 2020. What emerges is a cartography of restriction and erasure: a land fractured into zones, a people fragmented by permits, color-coded license, military checkpoints, military watchtowers, and segregated streets. The view from the car window reveals the ordinary brutality of occupation—the slow strangulation of movement, land, and life. “التحرك في فلسطين" يعرض صورا تم أخذها بين عامي 2010-2020. والناتج هو رسم خرائطي لتقييد الشعب الفلسطيني ومحوه: ارض ممزّقة لمناطق عدة، شعب مجزّء بتصاريح، رُخَص مُتعددة الألوان، حواجز عسكرية، وشوارع فصل عنصري. المشهد من نافذة السيارة يكشف وحشية الاحتلال الاعتيادية- الخنق البطيء للحركة، الأرض، والحياة.
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Sami Shahin
Sami Shahin, a multi-disciplinary queer artist of Palestinian and Syrian heritage, is deeply rooted in illustration, digital art, and animation. Passionate about bolstering representation within the SWANA queer artist community, he intricately weaves his background into his art, drawing from the rich tapestry of Levantine Arab history with a pronounced focus on the liberation movements of the Palestinian people, interwoven with his gay identity.
Sami Shahin, a multi-disciplinary queer artist of Palestinian and Syrian heritage, is deeply rooted in illustration, digital art, and animation. Passionate about bolstering representation within the SWANA queer artist community, he intricately weaves his background into his art, drawing from the rich tapestry of Levantine Arab history with a pronounced focus on the liberation movements of the Palestinian people, interwoven with his gay identity.
Trained in traditional animation, concept art, and graphic design at the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts and Emily Carr University, Sami’s artistic canvas extends across marketing, animation, graphic design, illustration, and rug design. His art, vibrant in hues and unconventional perspectives, navigates profound themes while retaining an approachable aesthetic. This culminated in the publication of his inaugural children’s storybook, “Sophie’s Story: I Have Cancer,” in 2022.
Born in Damascus, Syria, Sami has traversed London, UK, and now resides on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples—Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.