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Rula Halawani (Born ) is active/lives in Palestinian Territory, Occupied.
Rula Halawani's work focuses on the impact of occupation on space and nature, tracing the lives and histories that can still be found in the.!
Rula Halawani
Palestinian photographer and educator
Rula Halawani (born 1964) is a Palestinian photographer and educator who lives and works in Jerusalem.[1]
She was born in East Jerusalem and received a BA in photography from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA in photographic studies from the University of Westminster.[2][3] Before turning to visual arts, she worked as a freelance photojournalist for a number of magazines and newspapers.[4] Halawani is director of the photography department at Birzeit University.[1] In 2016, she was given a residency fellowship at the Camargo Foundation, in Cassis.[2]
Halawani's photography is focused on Palestinian life and the political conflicts of the area.[1][5][6] Emmanuel d’Autreppe, writing for AWARE Women Artist, suggest Halawani's "first works reflect the weight of everyday life and the inequity of restrictions as well as the state of