Jumana Manna Work from Break, Take, Erase, Tally. “This ongoing series of ceramic sculptures explores a tension between preservation and ruination. Their forms draw from the khabya, a once common structure for grain storage in rural houses across the Levant. Built into homes, the khabya–which means “the thing that hides” in Arabic–would preserve the annual […]

Khalil Rabah Work from his oeuvre. “Khalil Rabah’s Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind (2003–ongoing) is an elusive national museum that was established, in the words of its newsletter, “to inspire wonder, encourage discovery, and promote knowledge.” With departments spanning fields such as botany, geology, and paleontology, the Museum through its newsletter assumes a […]