Adila Laïdi-Hanieh Explained

Native Name:عادلة العايْدي-هَنِيَّة
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Place:Algiers
Nationality:Algerian-Palestinian
Education:Georgetown University
George Mason University
Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris
Occupation:Art historian
Museum leader
Known For:Former Director General of The Palestinian Museum
Notable Works:Fahrelnissa Zeid, Painter of Inner Worlds (2017)
Awards:National Order of Merit (France)

Adila Laïdi-Hanieh is an Algerian-Palestinian art historian and museum director, who formerly led the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre and The Palestinian Museum. She has been awarded the French National Order of Merit.

Early life and education

Born in Algiers,[1] Laïdi-Hanieh is the daughter of, a senior Algerian civil servant and former ambassador to Spain, Jordan, the United Kingdom, and Mexico.[2] Her mother is Algerian novelist Aïcha Lemsine.[3]

As a teenager in Jordan, she took drawing and painting lessons with artist Fahrelnissa Zeid, and participated in the 1981 "Fahrelnissa and her Institute" exhibition held at Qasr al Thaqafa - Amman, showcasing works by Fahrelnissa Zeid, and the students of her Institute. She subsequently wrote a biography on the painter, which was published in 2017.[4] [5]

Laïdi-Hanieh studied at Georgetown University for her MA and George Mason University for her PhD.[6] [7] She also studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris where she was awarded a Certificat d'Etudes Politiques.[8]

Career

Appointed in 1996, Laïdi-Hanieh was the first director of the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, which she left in 2005. In 1997, she initiated and led its transformation from a governmental center, created by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture in a renovated 1930s vernacular architecture mansion, into a non-governmental organization with a Board and a General assembly. Laïdi-Hanieh focused on the development of the local visual arts scene and transition into conceptual and Contemporary Art by organizing tens of annual individual exhibitions for young artists, including from Gaza, organizing summer academies for young artists, and promoting their work via publishing regular exhibition catalogues. As such, the Sakakini Centre led the first of its kind program of youth outreach. During her tenure, the Sakakini was the main public cultural venue in the West Bank, hosting a regular program of concerts, public talks, publications, film screenings and debates, and launching websites on Palestinian culture.[9] [10] Palestine’s national poet Mahmoud Darwish had an office at the Sakakini during the same period, and gave frequent public events there.[11]

She was also active on the Arab art scene, becoming chairperson of the Artistic Board of the non-governmental pan Arab cultural organization Cultural Resource (Al-Mawred) in 2003,[12] a founding member of the board of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) in 2007, and a member of the Advisory Board of .[13] [14]

From 2006 to 2008 she taught contemporary and art history at Birzeit University. Described in 2009 as a cultural critic in the Jerusalem Quarterly,[15] she has also written on cultural history in Palestine. She appeared at numerous conferences and published numerous essays on Arab culture and Palestinian visual arts, in French, Arabic and English.[16] [17] [18]

In 2006–2008, as a member of the steering Committee of the Palestinian cultural season in the Belgian region of Wallonia "Masarat".[19] [20] She conceptualized and edited the book Palestine. Rien ne nous manque ici,[21] [22] the first multidisciplinary contemporary cultural anthology on Palestine. The book featured original essays by Palestinian, European, Arab, and Japanese novelists, poets, and scholars, as well as art works and photography by Palestinian and European artists such as Mahmoud Darwish,, Francis Mertens, Mona Hatoum,, Jumana Emil Abboud, Mahmoud Shqeir, Mourid Barghouti, Hany Abu Assad,, Ahlam Shibli, John Berger, Faysal Darraj, and others.

She completed her PhD at George Mason University in 2015, focusing her dissertation and her subsequent postdoctoral fellowship from the Arab Council for the Social Sciences on contemporary Palestinian cultural practices: literature, visual arts, and cinema. Her theoretical approach analyzed the mode of articulation of the political with the aesthetic, within a critical and cross-disciplinary cultural studies approach encompassing Third Cinema, aesthetic regimes, etc.[23] As a historian of Palestinian art, she publishes essays of reference.[24]

Biography of Fahrelnissa Zeid

In preparation for the Fahrelnissa Zeid retrospectives slated for 2017 at the Tate Modern and the,[25] Adila Laïdi-Hanieh obtained from the artist’s family access to her private papers, in 2016 to write her biography. Published in June 2017, the book was titled Fahrelnissa Zeid, Artist of Inner Worlds, and reconstituted the artist’s life and career, presented a new interpretation of her work, and debunked the myth of her influence by Islamic and Byzantine arts. It provides a revisionist and definitive account of both her life and the innovation and reinvention that characterized her career in Istanbul, London, and Paris, until her final decades working and teaching in Jordan.[26] It redefines Fahrelnissa Zeid as an important modernist of the twentieth century by emphasizing her knowledge of European culture, evolving mental state, and challenging orientalist interpretations of her art.

The book was favorably received. Harper's Bazaar Arabia noted the book's "elegance, careful research, and its redefinition of Zeid as a prominent modernist painter". New York magazine praises its role in "bringing Zeid's work into collective consciousness".[27] Cornucopia magazine described it as "comprehensive and painstakingly researched," suggesting it's a book worth reading and rereading. Third Text considers it a "timely and much-needed contribution to the study of transnational feminist art histories".[28]

The book was translated into Turkish in 2018.[29] Laïdi Hanieh continues to publish regularly on the artist and provide expertise on her paintings.[30] [31]

Museum work

In September 2018 she was appointed director of the Palestinian Museum.[32] She was the fourth director of the museum, succeeding Mahmoud Hawari, who served from 2016 to 2018.[33]

Laïdi-Hanieh was responsible, for the first time after the museum opened in 2016, for developing an exhibition schedule for the upcoming years and with developing a five-year program strategy.[34] Upon her appointment, she re-defined the museum’s core mission as being to create "emancipatory learning experiences"[35] for visitors, from Palestine and the whole world. Under her directorship, the museum was awarded the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. During the COVID-19 pandemic she led the museum's digital engagement programme.[36]

Laïdi-Hanieh focused on the development of the Palestinian Museum by raising internal structures, doubling permanent holdings, establishing new facilities, fostering international collaborations, supporting academic research, and launching the first Arab museum website for children in 2023.[37] [38] [39] [40] [41]

In 2022, the online cultural platform BlooLoop recognized her as one of the "Power 10" museum influencers in its list of 50 key individuals in developing today’s museums.[42] In 2023, the French government awarded her the National Order of Merit medal.[43] She stepped down as director in August 2023.

Awards

Selected works

References

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  2. Book: The London Diplomatic List . Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office . 1988 . en . 26 January 2024 . 3 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240203162803/https://books.google.com/books?id=aGkkAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ahmed+La%C3%AFdi%22+%22Adila%22 . live .
  3. Web site: 23 June 2009 . Adila Laïdi Hanieh première invitée . 26 January 2024 . DjaZairess.
  4. Web site: Fahrelnissa Zeid : painter of inner worlds WorldCat.org . 26 January 2024 . search.worldcat.org . en . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126141537/https://search.worldcat.org/title/964599419 . live .
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  6. Web site: Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh – Director General of the Palestinian Museum The Palestinian Museum . 2 December 2023 . www.palmuseum.org . 2 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202184105/https://www.palmuseum.org/en/about/press-and-media/news/dr-adila-laidi-hanieh-director-general-palestinian-museum . live .
  7. Web site: Adila Laidi-Hanieh . 2 December 2023 . Blooloop . en-GB . 2 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202200908/https://blooloop.com/museum/influencer/adila-laidi-hanieh/ . live .
  8. Web site: Adila Laidi-Hanieh Kennedy Center . 2 December 2023 . The Kennedy Center . en . 3 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240203162805/https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/l/la-ln/adila-laidi-hanieh/ . live .
  9. Web site: Arts, Identity, and Survival: Building Cultural Practices under Occupation . 26 January 2024 . palestine-studies.org . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126141538/https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/41754 . live .
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  12. Web site: Roemer . Isabel . 19 December 2018 . Bridging Political Engagement and the Arts . 26 January 2024 . CCAS . en-US . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126141537/https://ccas.georgetown.edu/2018/12/19/bridging-political-engagement-and-the-arts/ . live .
  13. Web site: ARAB FUND FOR ARTS AND CULTURE 2010 ANNUAL REPORT . 26 January 2024 . 24 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524004727/https://www.arabculturefund.org/data/resources/62.pdf . live .
  14. Web site: The Darat al Funun Advisory Board Darat al Funun . 26 January 2024 . daratalfunun.org . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126141538/https://daratalfunun.org/?artist=darat-al-funun-honorary-advisory-boards . live .
  15. Hanieh, Adila, and Emily Jacir. "Destination: Jerusalem Servees." Jerusalem Quarterly 40 (2009).
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  17. Web site: Sachs . Natan . Creative Expression and Its Impact on Society in the Arab World . 26 January 2024 . Brookings . en-US . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151157/https://www.brookings.edu/events/creative-expression-and-its-impact-on-society-in-the-arab-world/ . live .
  18. Web site: Palestinian Visual Arts (IV) . 26 January 2024 . Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest . en . 29 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240129035939/https://www.palquest.org/en/highlight/10593/palestinian-visual-arts-iv . live .
  19. Web site: Laïdi-Hanieh . Adila . Palestinian Landscape Photography: Dissonant Paradigm And Challenge To Visual Control . 26 January 2024 . contemporarypractices.net . 26 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100326165032/http://www.contemporarypractices.net/essays/volume5/reviews/Palestinian%20Landscape%20Photography.pdf . live .
  20. Web site: Dt . G. . 26 January 2024 . Portraits d'une Palestine créative . 26 January 2024 . La Libre.be . fr . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151157/https://www.lalibre.be/culture/arts/2008/10/20/portraits-dune-palestine-creative-BJA4FQOUKVDFNNSLPDE6UIHDUM/ . live .
  21. Web site: Palestine, Rien ne nous manque ici . 26 January 2024 . Éditions Cercle d'Art . fr-FR . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151158/https://www.cercledart.com/livres/palestine-rien-ne-nous-manque-ici/ . live .
  22. Book: Laïdi-Hanieh, Adila . Palestine: rien ne nous manque ici . 2008 . Revue de l'Université de Bruxelles . 978-2-7022-0885-4 . fr . 26 January 2024 . 26 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231226023820/https://books.google.com/books?id=CkoJAQAAIAAJ . live .
  23. Web site: Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh named Director of the Palestinian Museum . 26 January 2024 . Cultural Studies . en . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151159/https://culturalstudies.gmu.edu/articles/12217 . live .
  24. Web site: l'art même 40 . 26 January 2024 . lartmeme.cfwb.be . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151158/http://www.lartmeme.cfwb.be/no040/documents/AM40.pdf . live .
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  29. Web site: Dirimart . 26 January 2024 . dirimart.com . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126162410/https://dirimart.com/tr/publications/Fahrelnissa-Zeid-Ic-Dunyalarin-Ressam/16 . live .
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  34. Web site: 26 June 2019 . New directions for the Palestinian Museum . 26 January 2024 . middleeastmonitor.com . 27 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240127192047/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190626-new-directions-for-the-palestinian-museum/ . live .
  35. Web site: TELL THE WORLD Hanan Toukan and Adila Laïdi-Hanieh on the Palestinian Museum . 26 January 2024 . artforum.com . June 2021 . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151157/https://www.artforum.com/features/hanan-toukan-and-adila-laidi-hanieh-on-the-palestinian-museum-249981/ . live .
  36. Web site: 10 August 2023 . The director of the Palestinian Museum reflects on her years in charge – Middle East Monitor . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810152852/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230807-the-director-of-the-palestinian-museum-reflects-on-her-years-in-charge/ . 10 August 2023 . 2 December 2023.
  37. Web site: 1 November 2019 . Adila Laïdi-Hanieh: "El Museo Palestino es un espacio dedicado a la historia y la cultura de Palestina, que ofrece esperanza al pueblo" Casa Mediterráneo . 26 January 2024 . en-US . 27 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927035815/https://www.casa-mediterraneo.es/adila-laidi-hanieh-el-museo-palestino-es-un-espacio-dedicado-a-la-historia-y-la-cultura-de-palestina-que-ofrece-esperanza-al-pueblo/ . live .
  38. Web site: Liscia . Valentina Di . 13 March 2022 . Museums Partner to Establish Palestine's First Textile Conservation Studio . 26 January 2024 . Hyperallergic . en-US . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151248/https://hyperallergic.com/716765/museums-partner-to-establish-palestines-first-textile-conservation-studio/ . live .
  39. Web site: Living . Qatar . 31 October 2022 . The Minister of Culture inaugurates Labour of Love: Embroidering Palestinian History Exhibition . 26 January 2024 . Qatar Living . 3 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240203162851/https://www.qatarliving.com/forum/news/minister-culture-inaugurates-labour-love-embroidering-palestinian-history-exhibition . live .
  40. Web site: Prentis . Jamie . 1 January 2021 . Dozens of Palestinian thobes return home after three decades in US . 26 January 2024 . The National . en . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151157/https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/dozens-of-palestinian-thobes-return-home-after-three-decades-in-us-1.1138566 . live .
  41. Web site: 26 July 2023 . The Palestinian Museum Launches New Specialist Facilities for the Storage and Restoration of Heritage Textiles with an accompanying Public Awareness programme . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151158/https://www.palmuseum.org/en/about/press-and-media/news/palestinian-museum-launches-new-specialist-facilities-storage-and . 26 January 2024 . 26 January 2024 . palmuseum.org.
  42. Web site: The Power 10 . 26 January 2024 . Blooloop . en-GB . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151158/https://blooloop.com/the-blooloop-50-museum-influencer-list-2022/the-power-10/ . live .
  43. Web site: Palestinian Museum Director General Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, PhD awarded the National Order of Merit by France The Palestinian Museum . 26 January 2024 . palmuseum.org . 26 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126151158/https://palmuseum.org/en/about/press-and-media/news/palestinian-museum-director-general-adila-laidi-hanieh-phd-awarded . live .
  44. Web site: Cultural Currents: A Conversation with Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh Columbia Global Centers . 16 January 2024 . globalcenters.columbia.edu . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116085310/https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/cultural-currents-conversation-dr-adila-laidi-hanieh . live .

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