Hadani Ditmars

Taqi Spateen Paints Palestine Museum Mural of Aaron Bushnell

Taqi Spateen Paints Palestine Museum Mural of Aaron Bushnell

Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. serviceman who self-immolated to protest the genocide in Gaza, has become a modern Palestinian...

11 JULY 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Iraq’s Kurdish Genocide and Three Wars: Artists Osman Ahmed & Fakher Mohammed

Iraq’s Kurdish Genocide and Three Wars: Artists Osman Ahmed & Fakher Mohammed

A joint Arab/Kurdish exhibition at Baghdad’s The Gallery showcased how the nation’s two solitudes can unite through art.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
This Year in Venice, it’s the “Palestine Biennale”

This Year in Venice, it’s the “Palestine Biennale”

At this year’s Venice Biennale, Palestine looms large, writes Hadani Ditmars.

10 MAY 2024 • By Hadani Ditmars
Will Artists Against Genocide Boycott the Venice Biennale?

Will Artists Against Genocide Boycott the Venice Biennale?

Hadani Ditmars reports on the calls to shut down the Israeli pavilion in the Venice Biennale, and a...

18 MARCH 2024 • By Hadani Ditmars
Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Survives Another Assault

Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Survives Another Assault

Hadani Ditmars reports on a legendary Palestinian theatre in Jenin that has nine lives and gives hope to...

24 JULY 2023 • By Hadani Ditmars
Baghdad Art Scene Springs to Life as Iraq Seeks Renewal

Baghdad Art Scene Springs to Life as Iraq Seeks Renewal

Hadani Ditmars, fresh from a return trip to Iraq, surveys the burgeoning plastic arts scene.

23 MAY 2022 • By Hadani Ditmars
An Arab and a Jew Walk into a Bar…

An Arab and a Jew Walk into a Bar…

Our columnist compares Arab/Muslim and Jewish humor and finds more in common than one might expect.

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
Burning Forests, Burning Nations

Burning Forests, Burning Nations

Columnist Hadani Ditmars recounts meeting strangers at the beach during fire season in British Columbia and finds Syria...

15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?

The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?

Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and...

15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
Iraq’s Tishreen Movement Lives, Despite Government Corruption, Oppression

Iraq’s Tishreen Movement Lives, Despite Government Corruption, Oppression

October marks the second anniversary of Iraq’s thawra. The non-violent Tishreen movement continues to demand all the things...

11 OCTOBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
20 Years Ago This Month, 9/11 at Souk Ukaz

20 Years Ago This Month, 9/11 at Souk Ukaz

Hadani Ditmars The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 unfolds in televisual real time and yet with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban

Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban

On the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Hadani Ditmars remembers the treasures and the ruins of Afghanistan...

16 AUGUST 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
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