Silvia Boarini

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* Bedouinland on French Tour - Paris Poster

Paris

* Bedouinland on UK Tour- October 2011
A selection of my photographs will accompany a lecture tour by Dr Awad Abu Freih, for more info visit: JFJFP's website

* For more work, visit me on Facebook

* Bedouinland
will be on show at Silverprint until August 2011 - 12b Valentine Place, London, SE1 8QH

* Follow my work on Demotix here

* I will be spending the summer of 2011 between Israel and Palestine. I have been awarded a Step Beyond Travel Grant by the European Cultural Foundation to research and develop a collaborative project between Bedouin schools in the Naqab area and schools in the EU. More details to come.

* Bedouin Land is featured in the Winter issue of the magazine PRIVATE - Jan 2011

* This month London Independent Photography 's Showcase features Bedouin Land. Interview by Corin Ashleigh Brown - Dec 2010
To read it, click here

* An Interview I gave to the weekly program 'Palestine Remembered' about my project on the Bedouins of the Naqab will be screened on Press TV - Sept. 2010

* Amnesty International and the Negev Coexistence Forum invite you to 'UNRECOGNISED': an event on the Bedouin minority of the Negev, Israel

Opening night: November 3rd from 6 to 9 pm - with drinks after the talk (see below) - Nov 2011

image by Ahlam Al Housi

THE EXHIBITION:

'Unrecognised' brings together the work of Israeli NGO "Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality" (NCF) and London based photojournalist Silvia Boarini.
NCF has been running a participatory photography programme for young people in the village of Wadi El Nam led by designer Ilan Molcho. The result is a series of startling and moving images documenting the harsh reality of life for Israel's Negev Bedouins living in unrecognised villages.
Silvia Boarini will present work from her ongoing series 'Bedouin Land'. Her images focus on the village of Al Araqib where she documented life before and after the recent spate of demolitions.
'Unrecognised' will shed light on the unresolved status of Negev Bedouins and the impact of government policies on their daily lives.

THE TALKS:

On November 3rd at 7pm
Yoad Winter, one of the founders of the Arab-Jewish partnership Taayush in Northern Israel and an activist with the Negev Coexistance Forum, will discuss the historical and political circumstances that led the State of Israel to ignore more than 100 of its localities and the on-going Arab-Jewish struggle against discrimination. Yoad will be joined by Ismail Al Turi, a representative from Al Araqib, who will talk about living under the constant threat of demolitions and about the current situation in the village.
BOOKING REQUIRED : AIUK

On November 4th at 7pm
a panel discussion will tackle the question: 'Can participatory photography change lives?'
Guests will include:
Designer Ilan Molcho has been volunteering with the Negev Coexistence Forum to run photography workshops in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Wadi Al Na'am in Southern Israel for two years. By introducing children to the art of photography, the project nurtures their creative skills and allows them to share their view of their community, family and the daily hardships they face.
Jane Martin, programme manager for Photovoice.
Ben Thomas, Photovoice photographer
Janice McLaren (chair) of the Photographers’ Gallery.
BOOKING REQUIRED : AIUK

1-12 November, Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA

For further information contact Silvia Boarini m. 07870330737 - Email