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The Jerusalem Show, Outside the Gates of Heaven

The Jerusalem Show (‘Ala Abwab Al Janna) borrows its English title from the vivacious and atypical formats of the Saturday Night Live show and the Muppet Show, whereas its Arabic title ‘Ala Abwab Al Janna (Outside the Gates of Heaven) references the sacramental veneration that is bestowed on Jerusalem. A similar ludicrous dichotomy is ostensible to Jerusalem’s inhabitants (including us at Al-Ma’mal Foundation). Read more

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(0.1) Akram Halabi / (0.1) Basma Al-Sharif / (0.1) Elisabeth von Samsonow / (0.1) Emily Jacir / (0.1) Hanna Farah- Kufer Birim / (0.1) Henrik Placht / (0.1) Inass Yassin /
(0.1) Jawad Al-Malhi / (0.1) Judy Price / (0.1) Leopold Kessler / (0.1) Luchezar Boyadjiev / (0.1) Manar Zuabi / (0.1) Mohammad Al-Hawajri / (0.1) Nathalie Retivoff /
(0.1) Nida Sinnokrot / (0.1) Oraib Toukan / (0.1) Peter Riedlinger / (0.1) Phil Collins / (0.1) Roza El-Hassan / (0.1) Samir Srouji / (0.1) Sliman Mansour /
(0.1) Sophie Elbaz / (0.1) Tarek Al-Ghoussein / (0.1) Wafaa Yasin / (0.1)Jumana Manna / Alban Biaussat / Anne-Marie Filaire / Ayreen Anastas /
Desiree Palmen / Emily Jacir / Faten Nastas / Jean-Luc Vilmouth / Khaled Hourani / Larissa Sansour / Marrio Rizzi /
Mohanad Yacouby / Nabil Annani / Naoko TakaHashi / Nikolaj B.S. Larsen / Rula Halawani / Silman Mansour / Surekha /
Tayseer Barakat / Vera Tamari / Walid Maw'ed / Zeyad Dajani /

Jean-Luc Vilmouth

Cafe Air Palestine

'Cafe Air Palestine' (2007): In one of the oldest Cafes in the heart of the old city of Jerusalem at Suq Al Attarin, visited mostly by men who enjoy a drink of tea coupled with a Nargileh pipe and known to the locals as 'Cafe Al-Haj Ahmad al-Aaraj', Jean-Luc Vilmouth installed his project 'Cafe Air Palestine'. Transforming the local coffee house into a Cafe equivalent to the Palestinian airlines that no longer is in operation today, Vilmouth invites visitors to enjoy the traditional Arab coffee or herbal tea at tables fitted with satellite images of Jerusalem while a neon sign in red and white hangs overhead that reads 'Cafe Air Palestine'.

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