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Abed Abdi 50 Years of Creativity: The Exhibition & the Book! Print PDF

The Umm el-Fahm Art Gallery  is proud to present the exhibition: Abed Abdi – 50 Years of Creativity – A Retrospective.

The Exhibition will be opened on the 22 May 2010, and will remain open until the end of October 2010.

The exhibition will embrace the body of Abdi’s work over the last fifty years.

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Message from Site Administrator! Print PDF

Welcome to the new website of Abed Abdi! learn about all the new functions in this site.....

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Abed Abdi awarded a honorary mention by the Anna Lindh Foundation Print PDF

The Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures 2008

The Award is an annual prize which recognizes the achievements of individuals and organizations working for the promotion of intercultural dialogue. Each year, the Award is dedicated to a special theme.

In 2008, the Presidency of the Jury of the Anna Lindh Foundation selected the theme of Dialogue Through Arts.

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Abed Abdi awarded the ministry of culture and sport prize Print PDF

Abed Abdi has been awarded the Israeli ministry of culture and sport's prize in art and design for the year 2008.

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Tamir Sorek: Cautious Commemoration: Localism, Communalism, and Nationalism in Palestinian Memorial Monuments in Israel Print PDF

reearch paper by Tamir Sorek:

In March 1998, the political leadership of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel was looking for ways to commemorate al-Nakba (“The Disaster,” in Arabic), referring to the war of 1948, during which about 700,000 Palestinians were uprooted and hundreds of Palestinian villages were destroyed. This leadership, organized in the Follow-Up Committee (FUC), nominated a Nakba and Steadfastness Committee (NSC) chaired by the author Muhamad Ali Taha.

Among the Committee's several initiatives, one gained front-page headlines in the Arabic media: a call for Arab municipalities to establish memorial monuments for the Palestinian martyrs (shuhada) of 1948.

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Adila Laïdi-Hanieh‌: Arts, Identity, and Survival: Building Cultural Practices In Palestine Print PDF

This personal account, by the first director (1996–2005) of the Sakakini Center in Ramallah, describes the rewards and difficulties of establishing and running an NGO dedicated to culture and the arts in occupied Palestine.
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1948 Haunts the Haifa Art Museum Print PDF

by Dani Ben Simhon.

Veteran Haifa artist Abed Abdi also believes that politics was involved. "In Haifa there is no desire to make a place for the Arab narrative. People want to go on hiding what happened in 1948. Sela tried to correct this distortion, and because of this her employment was not renewed."

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Gannit Ankori: review of Abed Abdi Print PDF

A review of Palesinian art in general, also touching on Abed Abdi /  by Gannit Ankori (book title: Palestinian Art). click here to read


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Abed Abdi, "Wa ma nasina" Print PDF


"Wa ma nasaina" (“We have not forgotten”) exhibition is a personal journey in time, memory andhistory of Palestinians, which constituting an integral part of the life of artist Abed Abdi, who was bornin Haifa.

The exhibition contains paintings and lithographies which were published as photographic copies for 20 years, starting at the end of the 1960s, in Al Ittihad newspaper, Al Jadid literary magazine,on the covers of books, and as illustrations inside books.

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Exhibition in Germany / September 2009 Print PDF

Abed Abdi will participate in a group exhibition in Bad Freienwalde in Germany, which will open on 13th september 2009. The exhibition will bring together artists from Germany, Poland, and also one Israeli artist - in additition to Abed Abdi. Title of this exhibition will be "Spaces".

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