Lena Kassicieh

A perpetually oscillating artist, cultural anthropologist & co-founder of Daftar Asfar, a collaborative arts platform based in West Asia.

[Khalid Mezaina @kmezaina]

Happy to see my friend @LKassicieh’s works adorning @ICDBrookfieldPl. Congrats Lena 🎉💖

[Lena Kassicieh @LKassicieh]

@kmezaina @ICDBrookfieldPl Awww <3 just saw this! (I should check Twitter more often) thanks habibiiii!

[California Latinas for Reproductive Justice @Latinas4RJ]

This #InternationalHomeBirthDay we're excited to share @Boldfutures' new research, ‘The Benefits of Licensed Midwifery and Community Birth in New Mexico, Among BIPOC Birthing People’!

Check out the research at https://t.co/F9QArjsRc1📝

Image: @LKassicieh x @BoldFutures

[Motherland @Motherl28134473]

Protest for Palestine in Time Square, New York City
#FreePalaestine

[afikra | عفكرة @afikra]

Yesterday, Palestinian visual artist Laila Shawa passed away. Her work has been described as a personal reflection concerning the politics of Palestine, it specifically highlights the injustices of her people.

📸 “The impossible dream” by Laila Shawa

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Calling, texting or emailing a friend just to say “hello” might seem like an insignificant gesture, but it can have a powerful effect, new research suggests.

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

No one can afford to disregard compassion, affection, and so on. Why? Because kindness and compassion are the main qualities necessary in life. A good mind, enriched by love and compassion, is essential for human beings.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

75 years ago British-ruled India was split into two states: India and Pakistan.

As many as two million people may have been killed during a violent process known as partition. Here’s how it happened ⤵️

[afikra | عفكرة @afikra]

Fellahs Women Drawing Water, Fayoum, Egypt, 1870. In 1869, painter Jean-Leon Gérôme travelled to Egypt as a guest of Khedive Ismail Pasha for the opening of the Suez Canal, and stayed for three months in Cairo and Northern Egypt.

Source: Pera Museum

[afikra | عفكرة @afikra]

Matmata and Tataouine are Tunisian cities famous for their underground housing and for hosting Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope when Luke Skywalker is visiting his aunt and uncle on his home planet of Tatooine.

📸: Ulrich Münstermann

[The Africa Institute @theafricainst]

Open Call: @theafricainst's "Global Africa Translation Fellowship" (2023-2024). The fellowship aims to make important texts in African & African Diaspora studies accessible to wider readership across the world. Deadline: October 15, 2022 > https://t.co/GHPJFZPgfZ

[Jobs for the Future (JFF) @jfftweets]

“As the fallout of the decision unfurls, employers across the country must act now to ensure their employees still have access to reproductive health care.”

Here are concrete actions employers can take via @FastCompany #RoeVsWade #WkDev

https://t.co/Z6m8rb52Yo

[hyperallergic @hyperallergic]

The Eero Saarinen-designed John Deere headquarters prompted Georgia O’Keeffe to create the monumental “Sky Above Clouds IV.” https://t.co/abEY8DG29o

[Nat Geo Travel @NatGeoTravel]

I’m @amytravels a senior editor with @natgeotravel and excited that our annual list of Best of the World destinations for 2022 is out now. We share 25 places in 5 categories: Adventure, Culture and History, Nature, Sustainability, and my favorite: Family. https://t.co/ALpExP1kwk

[Emergeast @EMERGEAST]

“I think the world has enough darkness in it, and with my art, I want people to feel lighter things. I want to give them a sense of calm, of possibility, of hope.”
— Lena Kassicieh

View more of Lena's new works here: https://t.co/ydlqyRdWVF

[The Africa Institute @theafricainst]

In collaboration with @JG_PACA, we are pleased to present a curated film program titled 'Decolonizing African Cinema: A History'. Launching October 21, this program highlights African cinema and critical conversations and debates around it. Read more: https://t.co/gfM1ZXVwMr

[Noura Erakat @4noura]

It shouldn’t be such a big deal, but it is. The @nytimes prints faces of 67 Palestinian children killed by Israeli aerial missiles & tank projectiles (paid for by US taxpayers). This is the cost of Israeli impunity. This is a fraction of Palestinian pain & loss. #NoHate

[Sarah سارة الجزيري @Sarah_Giaziri]

Abandoned by governments, Palestinians rely on the kindness of strangers | Nesrine Malik https://t.co/7PRv2v4iE2