"you internalize that, because someone is looking at you like a threat."

July 11, 2024 11:34 AM

Reclaiming My Palestinian Identity - a 34-min drag video essay performance by Indie Nile, an "Amsterdam Drag Artist"

A presentation on being queer, being Arab, and ultimately, being Palestinian.

(This isn't the thread for the ongoing siege, violence, and annexation in Palestine. The active thread for that is here: Running Out of Time: Israel/Palestine/Gaza)

posted by cendawanita (2 comments total)

+972: What can Palestinian artists do in the face of our slaughter? - I used to believe art could change the world. Now it feels like an airplane black box: it won’t navigate the landing, it can only document the crash.

EI: Gaza will never leave me

MEE: Israel has destroyed Gaza's heritage sites, but it cannot erase my memories of them

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Back to the video up top: so many bangers in terms of quotes. I kept finding resonance with my own life.
posted by cendawanita at 11:40 AM on July 11 [3 favorites]

I finished watching the video today, and it was very thoughtful. Certainly lots of it resonated with our own experiences. Thank you for sharing.
posted by toastyk at 2:03 PM on July 12 [1 favorite]