An Arab Renaissance on Display

The Arab Exhibitions in 1930s Jerusalem

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ID21875487
AuthorsNadi Abusaada (0000-0002-8642-6832, ETH Zurich, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume12
Issue3-4
Pages285-300
Publication date2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchitecture and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2050-7836 • E-ISSN: 2050-7828
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/20507828.2025.2506887
OpenAlexW4412692285
LanguageEN
References cited21

This paper investigates the history of the two Arab Exhibitions held in Jerusalem in 1933 and 1934 when Palestine was under British colonial rule. The exhibitions were a direct response to Palestine’s representation in colonial exhibitions both locally and internationally. However, more than merely responding to these representations, as this paper shows, these exhibitions also carried a vision of their own: affirming Palestine’s position in the project of an Arab economic and cultural nahda (“renaissance”) during the interwar years. The paper is based on archival research into their forgotten history in archives and private collections in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and the UK, among other places. It is divided into two sections that together investigate the history of the Arab exhibitions in Jerusalem: the relationship between the Arab exhibitions and their colonial counterparts, and how the Arab exhibitions communicated their ethos through the language of visual representation

Ancient history · Art · Art history · Exhibition · The Renaissance · Visual arts · Archaeological Research and Protection · History · Photography and Visual Culture · Public Spaces through Art

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