Khaled Jarrar
&
Palestine
History
• The region of Palestine is an area
that has been captured over and
over by different groups
• 634: Conquered by Islamic
Empire
• 878: Ruled from Egypt
• 970: Invaded by Fatimids
• 1073: Captured by the Seliug
Empire
• 1098: Recaptured by Fatimids
• 1099: Captured by Crusaders
• 1187: Captured by Ayyubids
• 1516: Captured by the Ottoman
Empire
History
1922: After WWI, Great Britain is
awarded mandate to govern the region
1947: Great Britain splits area between
Jews and Palestinians
1948: Palestinian Exodus and Arab-Israeli War
“The Wall”
Government
• The political status of the Palestinian territories is
one of the most violently disputed aspects of the
Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Two rival factions administer the territories –
Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Fatah in the West Bank
Hamas
Fatah
Economy
• Economic conditions deteriorated in the 1990s
due to corruption and Israeli closure policies
– Up until the 1990s, about 150,000 Palestinians
worked in construction in Israel
• After 2007, the economy has improved
somewhat
National Issues
• The Palestinian Territories have
been in constant conflict with
Israel due in part to increasing
Israeli settlements in the West
Bank region, Palestinian attacks
in Israel, and the building of the
wall between Israel and the
West Bank
• Both Fatah and Hamas
Palestinian Authority carry out
arbitrary detentions, torture,
and executions after unfair trials
Bio: Khaled Jarrar
• Born in 1976, Jenin, Palestine
• Lives and works in Ramallah,
Palestine
• Studied Interior Design,
Palestine Polytechnic
University, 1996
• Former Member of Yassir
Arafat’s Presidential Guard
• BA, Visual Arts, International
Academy of Art Palestine,
2011
• Creates art related to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and
the contested statehood of
Palestine
At the Checkpoint (2006-07)
Live and Work in Palestine (2010-ongoing):
passport stamps and postage stamps
Football, 2012
Whole in the Wall, 2013
Video-Whole in the Wall