As countries across the globe continue to inoculate citizens with their COVID-19 vaccine of choice, there has been recent talks over the past few weeks on a travel passport that vaccinated individuals will get, granting them easy travel to many countries. This “travel passport” is the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass, a digital platform for passengers, and has been undergoing trials by several airlines, such as Emirates, Etihad, Korean Air, Qatar Airways, Ethiopian, Malaysia Airlines, and more.
Palestinian art is travelling far beyond the places where it was created. From Ramallah to Dubai, and onward to collectors across Europe, the United States and beyond, a new generation of Palestinian artists is finding an increasingly international audience — while continuing to negotiate questions of memory, identity, displacement and belonging.