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The Rebellious Gaze of Abbas Kiarostami - حِنّا

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A third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying history, philosophy, and religion. She is fascinated by all things film and music and curious about how art and politics are enmeshed, particularly during the unrest. This article is part of the series “Capital, Technology and Utopia”, which is a collaborative project between Henna Platform and the department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilization at The University of Toronto. You can read in this series also: Building the Economy of Mount Lebanon Through Bargaining by Timothy Boudoumit, The Jaffa Orange, Haunted by Hayley Birss, Muslim Surveillance in China and Japan by Zannatul S. Isaque and Taming the Egyptian Monster by Mosab Alnomire. Read the Arabic article here. —————————————————————————————————————– Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s camera mimics the gaze. It follows the most marginalized villagers on their quests and, by casting the focus of his camera on them, raises their concerns, desires, and interests to the fo

Nora Mezo-Willingham A third-year student at the University of Toronto, studying history, philosophy, and religion. She is fascinated by all things film and music and curious about how art and politics are enmeshed, particularly during the unrest. This article is part of the series “Capital, Technology and Utopia”, which is a collaborative project between Henna Platform and the department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilization at The University of Toronto. You can read in this series also: Building the Economy of Mount Lebanon Through Bargaining by Timothy Boudoumit, The Jaffa Orange, Haunted b

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