Kenneth X. Robbins took a multiple-choice test at high school over sixty years ago, in which the correct answer to a question was “Muslims are Arabs.” He insisted that his teacher was wrong, that not all Muslims were Arabs, but he got in trouble with the school for pointing out this obvious fact.

Chronicling Resistance is a project based in occupied Lenapehoking (Philadelphia) aiming to tell the stories of marginalized groups through historical archives and relate them to today’s liberation efforts. The exhibition reveals buried truths and explores oral histories with an intersectional lens.

“All I know is that I was created; not how, not why” ponders the narrator of video and installation artist Leila Weefur’s PLAY†PREY (2021). The phrase summarizes the complicated relationship between one’s self and one’s identity, the unifying theme of the diverse works included in ALTER, the most recent exhibition at Twelve Gates Arts in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood.

Eric Okdeh is a Philadelphia mural and glass artist whose work is currently on display at Al-Bustan's Hub at 3645 Lancaster Avenue. Resident artist and curator of the exhibit, Lisa Volta, talks with Eric about his practice over the years, and the tangible effects of collective creation in communities.

Eat Me Baladi is a multi-chaptered performance piece featuring audiovisual elements, acting, and burlesque. With meticulously curated costumes, soundscape, and choreography, Mette Loulou von Kohl and Leila Delicious explore the ways their bodies as Palestinian femmes become a symbol of resistance in the face of ethnic cleansing.