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It’s impossible to look back on 2011 in the Middle East without discussing the unbelievable amount of upheavals the region has seen. Protests have swept across from Morocco and Tunisia, making their way all the way up to the Gulf region, into Bahrain and beyond. It has also become impossible to discuss those protests without mention of social media in some form or other.
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Grandeur de la diplomatie turque et misère de la diplomatie arabe | Oumma.com
Les Occidentaux exultent. Sous la pression des pétromonarchies réactionnaires du Golfe, la ligue des Etats arabes vient de demander officiellement au Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU l’instauration d’une zone d’exclusion aérienne au-dessus de la Libye. Certes, la ligue arabe se dit officiellement hostile à une intervention militaire directe en Libye, mais des informations démenties par le ministre saoudien des Affaires étrangères font état d’une demande américaine adressée à l’Arabie saoudite, en vue d’armer l’opposition de Benghazi. Les Américains vont-ils inventer un nouveau type d’intervention par procuration qui leur économise les coûts financiers et diplomatiques indésirables, en attendant le moment propice d’une intervention directe le cas échéant ? La complexité de la crise libyenne, dont les derniers développements militaires sur le terrain laissent présager un enlisement propice à toutes les éventualités, explique les tergiversations dans le camp occidental.
La nouvelle étude « Diasporas : Passerelles pour l’investissement, l’entrepreneuriat et l’innovation en Méditerranée », publiée par ANIMA dans le cadre du programme Invest in Med, montre que le décollage économique de la région MED doit s’appuyer sur les talents de la diaspora. Cette étude mesure le potentiel économique des talents de la diaspora MED (analyse des diverses contributions, profil-pays, organisation en réseaux) et propose un plan d’action concret et réaliste pour accélérer leur mobilisation en faveur de leurs pays d’origine.
Mobiliser les talents de la diaspora, nouvel enjeu conomique des pays MED
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Pour mon amie Larissa Sansour, qui vient d’être censurée et exclue par Lacoste du Prix Lacoste Elysée | Amateur d'art
J'avais découvert le travail de Larissa Sansour il y a deux ans, quand elle présentait à l' IMA cette vidéo lunaire pleine d'espoir amer et de grâce fragile, puis je l'avais rencontrée à l'occasion de son exposition Intergalactic Palestine à la défunte galerie La Bank. J'ai aimé son humour un peu triste et sa détermination sans violence, sa capacité de révélateur/trice de ce que nous ne saurions voir sans elle et son ironie mordante à faire tomber les murs et sauter les oeillères.
Photographer Larissa Sansour was among eight artists shortlisted for the 2011 edition of the Lacoste Elysée Prize - until last week when, she says, she was asked to leave the shortlist as her work was too political. "Lacoste stated their refusal to support Sansour's work, labelling it 'too pro-Palestinian'," reads a statement released by the artist. Sansour was selected for her Nation Estate project, which "depicts a science fiction-style Palestinian state in the form of a single skyscraper housing the entire Palestinian population. Inside this new Nation Estate, the residents have recreated their lost cities on separate floors: Jerusalem on 3, Ramallah on 4, Sansour's own hometown of Bethlehem on 5, etc." Soren Lind, a friend of the artist, states the Museum had selected Sansour after seeing three of these images. "It was only last week that they called and said that unfortunately the work had been vetoed by someone at Lacoste," he tells BJP .
Was the Lacoste Elysée Photography Prize censored? [updated] - British Journal of Photography
Lacoste accused of attempting to censor 'too pro-Palestinian' art - News - Art - The Independent
The company made its announcement minutes after the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, which was administering the award, had issued a statement appearing to distance itself from a decision to remove Bethlehem-born artist Larissa Sansour from the prize shortlist. The museum and Lacoste faced claims on Monday of attempting to censor art after Ms Sansour, who has exhibited at the Tate Modern, had her status as one of eight nominees for a 25,000 euro (£21,000) award sponsored by the French company revoked last week. Ms Sansour, 38, who has received critical acclaim for her body of work tackling the issues facing Palestinians, told The Independent that she had been told by senior staff at the museum that the reason for her removal from the shortlist was allegedly because her work was considered by Lacoste to be “too pro-Palestinian”.
Dans le monde arabe, le grand public le connaît pour son talent de dessinateur de presse car il a longtemps travaillé pour Al-Khaleej , un des grands quotidiens de la région, jusqu’à ce qu’on lui refuse la marge de liberté qu’il jugeait nécessaire à l’expression de son talent.
L'art arabe face au marché global
Sheikha Al Mayassa at the opening of Takashi Murakami’s exhibition at Versailles in 2010
Qatar revealed as the world’s biggest contemporary art buyer | The Art Newspaper
Dubai on Empty | Culture | Vanity Fair
Locals stand in front of the royal enclosure at the track. T he only way to make sense of Dubai is to never forget that it isn’t real. It’s a fable, a fairy tale, like The Arabian Nights.THE POPULAR UPRISING that began in Tunisia last December came as a surprise in one sense, but in another sense it was no surprise at all. Rather like an earthquake, we could be pretty sure it was going to happen, though nobody could say exactly when. It was obvious, or ought to have been, that at some point something would have to give – and the same can be said of all the Arab countries.
Arabs and the long revolution, by Brian Whitaker
Arabs demand new freedoms but the west offers old economic blueprint | Business | The Observer
Click to see the cartoon at full size Watching the joyfully chaotic events of the Arab spring unfold in Egypt and Tunisia was heart-warming for anyone who likes to see kleptocratic dictators getting their comeuppance.It's quick, easy and you'll be able to read up to 8 articles per 30 days. Plus you can use these tools: News by Email Get the latest headlines and industry sector-specific briefings direct to your inbox. Over 40 daily updates to choose from, plus set keyword alerts for news as soon as it is published.