Rana Nazzal Hamadeh

Rana Nazzal Hamadeh is a Palestinian artist currently residing on unceded Anishinabe Algonquin land. Her photography, film, and installation works look at issues related to settler-colonialism, including its impact on time, space, memory, and movement. Rana holds an MFA in Documentary Media from Toronto Metropolitan University and finds herself between Ramallah and Ottawa. She has written and presented extensively about the role of artists in social movements, the politics and responsibility of images, ethical witnessing/storytelling, and more.

Works showcased at MENA:

we would be freer
Documentary
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Short
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9
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This short film interweaves the voices of two women: one Mohawk from Kahnawá:ke and the other an internally displaced refugee in Ramallah. They reflect on their relationships with sumac.