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Banksy’s Hotel Undermines Palestinian Efforts to Narrate Their Own History

Banksy’s hotel fails to center Palestinian histories and narratives, yet uses Palestinian land and labor to present the artist’s personal (and often problematic) analysis of the situation.

Mar 23, 2017
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The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem

by Leila Abdelrazaq

In the past week, Banksy’s “Walled off Hotel,” located in the occupied Palestinian city of Bethlehem, has generated an incredible amount of media attention.

It’s not the first time Banksy has drawn attention to the situation in Palestine – several of the artist’s paintings on Israel’s apartheid wall hav…

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