Khaled Jarrar

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Khaled JarrarPalestine
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History

• The region of Palestine is an area that has been
  captured over and over by different groups
• 634 Conquered by Islamic Empire
• 878 Ruled from Egypt
• 970 Invaded by Fatimids
• 1073 Captured by the Seliug Empire
• 1098 Recaptured by Fatimids
• 1099 Captured by Crusaders
• 1187 Captured by Ayyubids
• 1516 Captured by the Ottoman Empire

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History

• 1922 After WWI, Great Britain is awarded mandate
  to govern the region
• 1947 Great Britain splits area between Jews and
  Palestinians

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1948 Palestinian Exodus and Arab-Israeli War
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The Wall
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Government

• The political status of the Palestinian
  territories is one of the most violently disputed
  aspects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Two rival factions administer the territories
  Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Fatah in the West Bank

Hamas
Fatah
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Economy

• Economic conditions deteriorated in the 1990s due
  to corruption and Israeli closure policies
• Up until the 1990s, about 150,000 Palestinians
  worked in construction in Israel
• After 2007, the economy has improved somewhat

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National Issues

• The Palestinian Territories have been in constant
  conflict with Israel due in part to increasing
  Israeli settlements in the West Bank region,
  Palestinian attacks in Israel, and the building
  of the wall between Israel and the West Bank
• Both Fatah and Hamas Palestinian Authority carry
  out arbitrary detentions, torture, and executions
  after unfair trials

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Bio Khaled Jarrar

• Born in 1976, Jenin, Palestine
• Lives and works in Ramallah, Palestine
• Studied Interior Design, Palestine Polytechnic
  University, 1996
• Former Member of Yassir Arafats Presidential
  Guard
• BA, Visual Arts, International Academy of Art
  Palestine, 2011
• Creates art related to the Israeli-Palestinian
  conflict and the contested statehood of Palestine

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At the Checkpoint (2006-07)
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Live and Work in Palestine (2010-ongoing)
passport stamps and postage stamps
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Football, 2012
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Whole in the Wall, 2013
Video-Whole in the Wall