Tilda Swinton among 2000+ artists calling for Gaza ceasefire

  • They accuse governments of “aiding and abetting” Israel’s “war crimes” in Gaza
  • Palestinians face “collective punishment on an unimaginable scale”
  • Governments should “end their military and political support for Israel’s actions”

Renowned actors Tilda Swinton, Charles Dance, Steve Coogan, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Mullan, Maxine Peake and Khalid Abdalla are among more than two thousand  people from across the arts who have signed a letter saying that: “Our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them.”

The artists, including Robert del Naja and playwrights Tanika Gupta and Abbie Spallen, condemn “every act of violence against civilians and every infringement of international law whoever perpetrates them”.

Citing Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant’s depiction of Palestinians as “human animals”, directors Michael Winterbottom, Mike Leigh and Asif Kapadia, comedians Frankie Boyle and Josie Long, authors Marina Warner, Jacqueline Rose, Gillian Slovo and Courttia Newland, and poet Anthony Anaxagorou, say Palestinians “have become people to whom almost anything can be done”. The minister had made the comments while announcing Israel’s “complete siege”, and halting supply of water, power, food and medicine to 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

Visual artists Tai Shani and Oreet Ashery, Larissa Sansour, Rosalind Nashashibi, P. Staff,  Florence Peake and Georgina Starr say that, in Gaza, “Palestinians whose grandparents were forced out of their homes at the barrel of a gun [in 1948] are again being told to flee – or face collective punishment on an unimaginable scale.”

The signatories include producers, curators, writers, DJs, architects and designers who support the “global movement against the destruction of Gaza and the mass displacement of the Palestinian people”. They cite the UN’s undersecretary for humanitarian affairs Martin Griffiths, who has said that ‘the spectre of death’ is hanging over Gaza, and call for “an immediate ceasefire and the opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow humanitarian aid to enter unhindered”.

Artists can add their name here.

The letter in full:

“We are witnessing a crime and a catastrophe. Israel has reduced much of Gaza to rubble, and cut off the supply of water, power, food and medicine to 2.3 million Palestinians. In the words of the UN’s undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, ‘the spectre of death’ is hanging over the territory.

Gaza is already a society of refugees and the children of refugees. Now, in their hundreds of thousands, bombarded from air, sea and land, Palestinians whose grandparents were forced out of their homes at the barrel of a gun are again being told to flee – or face collective punishment on an unimaginable scale.  Dispossessed of rights, described by Israel’s minister of defence as “human animals”, they have become people to whom almost anything can be done.

Our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them. There will come a time when they are held to account for their complicity. But for now, while condemning every act of violence against civilians and every infringement of international law whoever perpetrates them, our obligation is to do all we can to bring an end to the unprecedented cruelty being inflicted on Gaza.

We support the global movement against the destruction of Gaza and the mass displacement of the Palestinian people. We demand that our governments end their military and political support for Israel’s actions.

We call for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow humanitarian aid to enter unhindered.”

The signatories:

Michael Rosen, poet, broadcaster – Ronan Bennett, Screenwriter, author – Liam Cunningham, Actor – Tilda Swinton, Actor – Harriet Walter, Actor – Miriam Margolyes, Actor – Steve Coogan, Actor, comedian – Marina Warner, Author, art critic – Gillian Slovo, Author, playwright – Tracey Seaward, Producer – Charles Dance, Actor – Michael Winterbottom, Director – Genevieve Closuit, Designer – Pascal Rousson, Artist – Peter Mullan, Actor – Fatima Farheen Mirza, Novelist – Miranda Pennell, artist and filmmaker – Robert Moon, Visual Artist – Wieland Hoban, Composer – S.E. Bronstein, Writer – Russell Bolam, Theatre Director – Poppie Runa Sköld, Filmmaker – Ben Lunn, Composer – Hannah Khalil, Playwright – Yolanta Gawlik, Artist – Urszula Kucharczyk, Playwright – Martyn Ware, Musician – Amy Sharrocks, Artist – Christopher Norris, Poet and Philosopher – Lizzie Homersham, Writer and editor – Dr Peter J. King, Poet – M. Vigar, Writer – Anthony Anaxagorou, Poet – D/R/U/G/S, Musician – Guy Mannes-Abbott, Writer – Dreamtrip, Music Producer – Rose Issa, Curator and publisher – John Hodge, Painter, filmmaker – Rachel Graves, Curator – Esther Machanek, Editor – Ed Luker, Writer – Maxine Peake, Actor/Writer – Alun Parry, Singer – Dimitrios Tsouris, Visual artist – Ashley Inglis, Writer – Gareth Evans, Writer, Curator – Peter Mennim, Artist – Peter Gudynas, Artist – Jasleen Kaur Sethi, Documentary Director & Executive Producer – Emma Ireland, Writer/Performance Poet – Antonia Caccia, Filmmaker – Vivienne Tsouris, Dancer – John Smith, Artist Filmmaker – Saif Osmani, Artist – David Calder, Actor – Niamh Moloney, Artist – Alexei Sayle, comedian/writer – Christine Farmer, Artist – Caitlin Merrett King, Writer, programmer – Abbie Spallen, Playwright – Inua Ellams, writer, performer, curator – Patrick Neville, actor – Tayo Aluko, Actor, writer, singer – Rahila Haque, Researcher, curator and writer – Yves Berger, Artist – Gavin McIntosh, Artist – John Keane, Artist – Brigid Keenan, Writer – Tina Gharavi, Film Director – Barbara Ash, sculptor – Keith Ridgway, Writer – D W Mault, Filmmaker/Film Critic – Rick Foot, Musician – Saoirse Ryan, graphic designer – Victoria Brittain, Writer – Yasmin Fedda, Filmmaker – Rachel Karafistan, Theatre maker – Olumide Popoola, writer – Oreet Ashery, Artist – Guy Sherwin, Artist – Steve Pottinger, writer – Pippa Little, Poet – Jemma Desai, Writer – Ed Dowie, musician – John Mingay, Writer – David Pinto, Musician – Sarah Streatfeild, Violinist – Shaista Chishty, Artist/ Researcher – Ian Saville, Performer – Adam Kossoff, Filmmaker – Dean Ireland, Illustrator – Soraya Syed, Artist – Alison Poltock, film exhibition – Michael Start, Clockmaker – Tai Shani, Artist – Lottie Smith, Artist – franko b, artist – Pablo Navarrete, Documentary filmmaker – Carolyn Thompson, Artist – Luigi Kuerzi-Ricca, filmmaker – Martin Goode, performer – Susan Wooldridge, Actor/Writer – Mary Gordon-Smith, Artist – Sonja Linden, Playwright – Khalid Abdalla, Actor – Jo Galbraith, Performer – Robert Pool, Violinist – Mark Aerial Waller, Artist – Anthea Kennedy, Filmmaker – Jean Atkin, poet – Rachel Bell, Artist – Frances Bernstein, Choir leader – Rehana Zaman, Artist – Jack Strange, Artist – Anne Dennis, theatre director, lecturer – Allan Siegel, filmmaker, artist, writer – Dave Miller, artist – Amber Lone, writer – Lindsay Rodden, Writer – Monika Walendziak, artist – Nancy Elan, violinist – Mia Polet, singer and percussionist – Jacqueline Rose, Professor of Humanities, writer – Bill Risebero, Architect – RAKE Collective, Visual research collective – Chris Gill, artist – Dr. Nabil Shaban, Artist, Actor, Writer – Matthias Kispert, artist, filmmaker, musician – Mark Essen, Artist – Romain Potier, Multimedia designer – Terence McGinity, Sculptor – Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora, Visual artist – Jill Daniels, Filmmaker – Cliff Jones, Writer – Katarzyna Perlak, Artist – Ciara Leeming, Photographer – Sean Kinson, Poet – Sebah Chaudhry, Creative Producer – Martin Heslop, Writer – Dominic Saunders, Musician – Farhana Sheikh, Playwright – Sylvie Franquet, Visual artist – Dr John Cornwall, Musician, composer – Nigel Randsley, Filmaker – Cat Phillipps, Artist – Giuliano Modarelli, Musician – Ala buisir, Visual artist/filmmaker – Jenny Morgan, Filmmaker – Gary Drostle, Artist – Sapphire Goss, Artist – Hilary Westlake, Theatre director – Rachel Pimm, Artist – Lieve Franssen, musician – Chris Richardson, Sound therapist – Courttia Newland, Writer – Pratibha Parmar, Filmmaker – Gemma Jackson, Film maker – Earl Okin, Musician (and I’m Jewish) – Jon McGregor, Writer – Marcia Farquhar, Artist – Robb Johnson, Musician – Russell Mills, Artist – Karin Gunnarsson, Visual artist – Roy Mowatt, Musician – Dr Tom Vowler, Author – Madeleine Norman, artist – Seecum Cheung, Filmmaker, lecturer – Leon Rosselson, songwriter, musician, children’s book writer – Sofia Karim, Architect – Degna Stone, poet – Corinne Silva, Visual artist – adrian sherwood, artist – Ishia Bennison, Actor – DR Salim Haidrani, Academic research – Caroline Wardle, Artist – mitra tabrizian, artist and film maker – Charlotte Kilpatrick, writer – Emma Lennox, writer – Matthew Zajac, Actor, writer, theatre director – Cathy Ward, Artist – Shane Dempsey, Theatre & Movement Director – Sarah Beddington, Artist and filmmaker – Robert Lamoon, Visual storyteller – Alaa Alsaraji, Artist – Tommo Fowler, Dramaturg + theatre director – Subash Tangsang Thebe Limbu, Artist – Dr Barry Miles, Writer and editor – Daniel Neofetou, writer – Iris Cohen, film post production – Rita Andrade, Painter – Caitlin McLeod, Filmmaker – Alia Syed, Filmaker – Richard Katz, Actor – Sabba Khan, Artist – Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso, Festival Director – Chris Wuytack, Animationfilmmaker – Ayisha, Writer – Richard Porter, Artist – Jem O’Carroll, enamelling, sculpture – Zara Afzal, Documentary Filmmaker – Amir Amirani, Filmmaker & Writer – Anna Robinson, Poet – Andrew Buglass, Artist – Robert Hampson, Literature – Helena Nelson, Writer – Vanessa Kisuule, Writer – Neil ‘Devlin, Chorister – Vasiliki Antonopoulou, Filmmaker – Sean Orr, Artist – Andrew McAlpine, Designer for Films – Saeed Taji Farouky, Filmmaker & Film Educator – Sara El Sheekh, Artist – Alex Pasca, Artist – Jamila Boughelaf, Performance and Visual Artist – Kay Lawrence, Artist – Seni Seneviratne, Writer – Hawiyya Dance Company, Performing Arts – Mary Fogarty, Writer – Hashim Alsaraf, Filmmaker – Becca Thomas, Architect – Hilton McRae, Actor – John Donaldson, Singer-Songwriter – Anselm Ebulue, Artist – Martin Adams, Artist – Paul Scott, Artist – Candace Allen, Writer – Amal Khalaf, Curator/Artist – José Farinha, Photographer – Shivaun O’Casey, Director Writer – Dr. Mark Brown, Critic and Author – Lizzie Nunnery, Writer – Shivaun O’Casey, Director Writer – John Andrew, Poet – Hans Haenlein, Architect – Camilla Saunders, Musician and Composer – Gavin Everall, Director, Book Works – Linda Mutawi, Filmmaker – Ashtar Al Khirsan, Filmmaker – Paul Clements, Photojournalist – John Fullerton, Writer – Marion Urch McNulty, Artist/Writer – Nia Childs, Filmmaker – Rahila Gupta, Writer – Alan Morrison, Poet and Writer – Francis Kennedy, Actor Musician – Antonina Mamzenko, Artist – Maya Willcocks, Producer and Performer – Jamila Prowse, Artist, Writer, and Arts Lecturer – Charlie Prodger, Visual Artist – Joumana Medlej, Artist – Sulayman Al Bassam, Writer & Theatre Maker – Dr. Nat Raha, Poet + Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art – Sarah Amawi, Dancer – Nigel Hilton, Designer/Maker – Jonathan Chadwick, Theatre – Nathan Witt, Artist – Rebecca O’Brien, Film Producer – Zarina Yousuf-Bonass, Writer – Jane Rossiter-Smith, Writer – John Mooney, Musician – Madeleine Pledge, Artist – Jeremy Poynting, Publisher and Editor – Maysoon Pachachi, Filmmaker – Emilia Benjamin, Musician – Phil Layton, Artist – Adrian MCalinden, Musician/Writer – David Scott, Cinematographer – Marilyn Nicholson, Artist and Organist – Shivani Thussu, Writer – Eleanor Penny, Writer – Callum Mair, Filmmaker – Dave Clinch, Musician, Singer, Poet – Greg Cullen, Playwright – Abeera Kamran, Graphic Designer – Paul Francis, Poet – Christine Gregory, Nature Writer and Artist – Steve Conlan, Documentary Photographer – Marina Vishmidt, Writer – Karem Ibrahim, Artist – William Parry, Photojournalist – Emily Pope, Artist – Unaiza Karim, Visual Artist – Sam Swann, Actor – Gregory Evans, Writer – Naira Mushtaq, Artist/Educator – Lucy Coats, Writer – Noe Mendelle, Filmmaker – Samantha Rebello, Artist – Ellen King, Artist and Musician – Pat Bryden, Retired Teacher/Lecturer (Language, Literature) – Steve Lawson, Musician – Frances Viner, Theatre Maker – Maxwell Sterling, Musician – Tom Lambert, Musician, Publisher, Producer, DJ, Promoter, Songwriter, Radio – Mike Leigh, Filmmaker – Ciara Haidar, Musician – So Mayer, Writer – Razanne Carmey, Author – Ellen Greig, Curator – James Waters, Visual Artist – Avery Gordon, Writer – Douglas Robertson, Photographer – Jeremy Welsh, Artist – Francesca Viceconti, Visual Artist – Georgina Van Welie, Writer – Emily Rose, Photographer – James Watson, Filmmaker – Ken Nicol, Musician – Dr. Mario Hamad, Filmmaker – Rachel Holmes, Writer – Jelena Stojkovic, Art Historian – Reynaldo Young, Musician – Florence Peake, Artist – Frank Kennedy, Performer, A Date With Dickens – Michael Smith, Animator – Kelvin Bland, Architect – C Rigler, Performer and Facilitator – Karen Di Franco, Curator – Leo Smith, Artist/Teacher – Ruth Wharton, Painter – Selma Dabbagh, Writer – Leonie Rushforth, Writer – Czyka Tumaliuan, Writer – Charlotte Procter, Collection & Archive Director, LUX – Lesley Wood, Literature – Sara Bernal, Visual Artist / Illustrator – MoMA PS5, DJ – Anthony McLean, WTCHCRFT Musician – Faten Kanaan, Musician – Juliet Jacques, Writer, Filmmaker – Luke Campbell, Filmmaker (TV) – Rick Holland, Writer – Zinzi Minott, Artist – Shanti Celeste, DJ, Producer – Hannah Bannister, Publisher – Fauzia Habib, Musician – Alice Theobald, Artist and Musician – Miriam Margolyes, Actress – Sabine Saba, Artist, Researcher – Roxana Vilk, Musician, Theatre Maker, and Filmmaker – Karima Boughelaf, Films – Terry Boosey, Musician & Writer – Emily LaBarge, Writer – Kanyin Williams, DJ – Dave Rendle, Poet – Joanna Ornowska, Photographer – Bruce Reynolds, Musician – Zeina Zkeih, Artist – Yasmine Akef, Artist – Judy Neunuebel, artist – Sola Olulode, Artist – Heiba Lamara, Artist – Stina Hamlin, Storyplexor in audio visual and immersive mediums – Despo Magoni, Artist – Rosie Elnile, Performance designer – Arseny Preo, Cinematographer –  Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer – Anaclara Talento Acosta, Artist – Hrafnhildur Gissurardóttir, Culture education, curation, artist – Anna Babini, visual arts – Ceci Cor-Leo, Musician – Fabian Jolivet, Musician/Composer – Sally Mars, Musician – Eygló Lárusdóttir, Designer – Durre Shahwar, Writer, artist, researcher, editor – Jana Weissteiner, Filmmaker – Richard Evans, Musician – Sophie Chapman, artist – Hedda Bremseth, Artist – Hadeel Obaid, (artist, musican, writer, dancer) – Salem Krieger, photographer – Laurence Dreyfus, musician – Yasmin Safieddine, Filmmaker and writer – Michael Bravo, Composer – Iva Preprotić, DJ/ Musician – Antonio Augusto Andrade Xavier, Photographer – Maz Murray, Artist – Kristín Karólína Helgadóttir, Artist – Othman Nawras, Artist – Yazzie Min, Poet – Areti Pagoulatou, Filmmaker – Jasmin İhraç, Dancer/Choreographer/Sociologist – Charlie Prodger, Visual artist – Laura Drury, Drama therapist – Emar Dower, Architect – Nader Ismail, Filmmaker – Morelli Léa, Cinematographer – Basia Kisiel, Architect – Aysha Malik, Writer – Yara Fayyad, Special effects makeup artist – Elizabeth Peryer, Filmmaker – Emily Radosavljevic, Cultural programmer – Paul Summers, Writer & artist – Samia Labidi, Independent curator, cultural producer – Nadz Vogel, musician (sad queers club) – Remi Oriogun-Williams, Theatre maker – Hassan Elnrgc, artist – Gelare Khoshgozaran, artist – Naziha Arebi, Artist / Filmmaker – Angela Aldebs, Dancer – Roula Alhasan, Actress – Ghadi Ak, Musician – Rima Baransi, Dancer – Chris Greenwood, Curator – Dan Fortin, Musician – Magda Abdel Hafith, artist – Nadia Kaczmarczuk, Artist – Heather McIntosh, Film Programmer – Laila Alj, actor/producer – Isabel Griffin, Creative producer – Emar Kharboutli, Dancer – Deena Abdelwahed, DJ and music producer – Gigi F-M, Musician – Mark Steiner, Musician – Nick Jordan, Artist – Khalil Epi, Composer – Elyse Tabet, musician / visual artist – Elhum Shakerifar, Filmmaker – Usayd Younis, Filmmaker – Giovanni Esposito, Poet – Fern Thomas, Artist – Reid Allen, Musician – Brianna Clarke, Performer, choreographer, teacher, art-lover – Ghaith Marzoki, Scenography artist – Hydra Lakes, Musician – Lyzza da Silva, Musicians – Mariana Medrano, Artist – Sherine Osman, Artist – Veslemoy Rustad Holseter, Musician, light artist & writer. – Ed Lyons, Musician – Hafsah Aneela Bashir, Writer, Producer, Performer – Lucy Clout, Artist – Hugh McFadden, Poet, writer – Reem Kelani, Musician – Noor Khoury, Musician – Chris Somes-Charlton, Artist manager – Mufutau Yusuf, Artist – Sandy Chamoun, Musician – Jo Tyabji, Director – Menna Wakeford, Filmmaker – Raju Rage, Artist – Lee Adams, Dj/artist – Nadia Emam, Theatre & filmmaker – Katerina Medved, Filmmaker – Repetitive Strain, Broadcaster and DJ collective – Maymana Arefin, Artist and community organizer – Will Pham, Artist – Robyn McLennan, Artist & Musician – Dhan Jay, Artist – Max Heyraud, DJ, Producer, Journalist – Voyn Voinov, Artist – Samara Addai, Filmmaker – Karolina Bannova, Musician – Jamira Estrada, Musician – Brett Chapman, Filmmaker – Virginia Radcliffe, Theatre director, children’s playwright & actor pedagogue – Alissa Al Tun, DJ, Artist – Sally Zarzour, Filmmaker – Masoud Morgan, Artist – Matthew Fidler, Musician – Hamza Damra, Artist – Seth Scafe-Smith, Designer – Jenna Rossi-Camus, Curator – Panja Gobel, computational artist – Ayeesha Starkey, Filmmaker – Najla Mortagynajla, Musician – Louise O’Hare, Editor, London Bookshop Map – Sa’ad Ojeili, Writer – Dalia Al-Dujaili, Writer – Joh Rwothomack, Theatre – Elisa Bonora, Filmmaker – Sarah El Miniawy, Artist Manager – Aya Metwalli, musician – Yasmin Butt, Odd arts theatre – Carol Fieldhouse, Musician – Nina Scott, Theatre maker – Rubie Green, musician – Akil Scafe-Smith, Director, RESOLVE Collective – Mohammad Alzuhiry, Artist, set designer – Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta, writer, musician, organizer – Diego Gardo, Filmmaker – Alice Pedroletti, Artist – Zara Lee, Artist – Amaury Brow, Photographer – Mirza Waheed, Novelist – Giordano Libero, Artist, musician, dj – Liv Wynter, Artist, How To Catch A Pig – Ai Narapol, Photographer, Filmmaker – Erin Holly, Artist – Leila Mimmack, Actor – Jana Dardouk, Designer – Michael José, Photographer – Beccy D’Souza, Actor and theatre producer – Dalma Rakoczi, Film professional (distribution) – Carmel Geiege, Theatre practitioner – Florian Cante, Musician – Sanil Sudan, Musician – Juan Awile, musician, dj, artist – Barbara Pugliese, Music Artist – Leila Herandi, Actor – Lucy Railton, Music – Tessa McWatt, Writer – Lanna Joffrey, actor/writer – Danah AL_ SAYED, Dancer, Performer – J De La Cruz, Musician – Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin, Writer – Clare Quinn, Theatremaker – Ola Hincapie, Performer – Adam Broomberg, artist – Aisha Franz, Comic artist – Souleiman Bacar, musician, promoter – Deen Atger, Performer – Andrea Greco, Musician – Joachim Palsby, Musician – Stephanie Mazariegos, Musician – Roua Horanieh, Writer – Cina Aissa, Writer – Maria Cecilia Tedemalm, Musician and Artist – Sasha Tishkov, Artist, maker – Grant Archer, Filmmaker – Katy Cotterell, Musician – Gloria Lawton, Health Advisor – Caroline Hallett, Artist – Asli Gürbüz, artist – Marta Dyczkowska, Visual Art – Andrew Akanbi, Musician – Jessica Timmis, Artist – Nasima 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Director – Jadwiga Bronte, Photographer – Tayba Mason, Filmmaker – Oscar Vinter, Artist and Filmmaker – Olivar Garcia, musician – Dev Hall, Artist – Nabilah Kalanzi, Storyteller – Alsarah Abunamaelgadi, Musician – Anna Carteret, Actress – Bernice Mulenga, Photographer, artist – Sofia Oxenham, Actress – Martha Orchard, Artist – Cindy Li, Musician – Fen Kerrison, Artist – Victòria Tuneu i Cabré, musician – Ebrahim Bahaa-Eldin, Photographer – Rahelly Cutting Ben-Meir, Pensioner – Blqees Zuhair, Curator – Nikki Disney, Artist – Ana Naomi de Sousa, Filmmaker – Betris Laure, Musician – Evija Laivina, Artist – Vincent Tolentino, writer – Mounif Alzghoul, Musician – Agatha Elwes, Artist – Julius Gabriel, Musician – Sara Ehsan, Poet – Katherine Akers, Drama therapist – Hussein Shikha, Visual Arts – Sham Sukkar, Performer – Neville Rigby, Writer – Rabih Beaini, Musician – Hannah Bristow, Actor – Daniella Valz Gen, Artist and writer – Mais Robinson, Theatremaker – Tasneem Aliewi, Activist – Niko Ursin, Musician – Julia Gray, Artist – Salvör Gullbrá Thorarinsdottir, Theatre maker – Christopher Jen, Artist – Monya Riachi, Artist – Dominic Cooke CBE, Director – Gustavo Aguiar, Writer – Giovanni Bienne, Actor – Rabindranath X Bhose, Artist – Rose Ellis, Sculptor – Virginia Alhasan, Dancer – Omar Madkour, Lighting Designer – Hayden Judd, artist – Rose Nordin, Artist and graphic designer – Leila Sansour, filmmaker – Jessica Ashman, Artist – Jacob Martin, Musician – Emma Frankland, Artist – Fiona Hope, Musician/artist – Ada Patterson, Artist – Sarah Bedi, Theatre maker – Layale Chaker, Musician – Ben Norris, Writer and performer – Andrew Auld, Artist & Support Practitioner – zuza kryszkiewicz, artist – Chahrazad Zahi, Writer – Esraa Elfeky, Artist – Ghifar Aldebs, Musician – Jane Skeer, Artist – Lillian Wilkie, Publisher and editor – Emel Mathlouthi, Artist – Moad Musbahi, Artist – Melanie Williams, Photography technician – Lydia CS, Artist filmmaker – David Ward, Musician – Saoirse Anis, Artist – Holly Casio, Comic artist – Joe Lee, DJ – Peter Kosta, Actor – Marwa Benhalim, Artist, curator – P Staff, Artist – Gloria Dawson, Writer – Beverley Butler, Academic – Olivia Irvine, Artist – Zoe Gibson, Artist – Engy Mohsen, Artist, Curator – Alicja Kowalik, Architect – Martin Tvedten, Composer – livia borzetti, artist – Jesse Glazzard, Photographer – Zeina Adel, Artist and painter – Blair Leeson, artist – alexis lykiard, writer – Alia Al Saadi, Artist – Ali Zaraay, Photographer – Eleanor Field, Scenographer – Dom Hale, Poet – Nissa Nishikawa, Artist – Derrar Ghanem, Dj – Kotoe Karasawa, Musician – Omar Kassab, Visual artist – Emilia Beatriz, Artist – Paloma Colombe, Artist – Annie Crabtree, Artist filmmaker – Len Lukowski, Writer – Beny Wagner, Artist filmmaker – Anna Gumpel, Actress – Lara Pawson, Writer – Aura Satz, Artist – Tanya Zaki, Artist – Aman Sandhu, Artist – Imene Merzougui, Artist & curator – Xavier de Sousa, Curator at performingborders – Siobhán 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– Oren Shoesmith, Artist – maatin patel, Writer – Artie Dussaux, Musician – Liam Mercer, Artist – Emma Thacker, Artist – Malaise Vagal, Musician – François Franssouax, DJ – Sarah Agha, Writer and actor – Tom Varley, Artist – Sebastián Schroth, Cinematographer – Jennifer Hodgson, Writer – Liz Stirling, artist – Norah Elkhateeb, film producer – Eo Stearn, Artist – Kim Pearce, Theatre Maker – Myriam Mouflih, curator – Ghazal Mosadeq, Writer – Mujahed Khallaf, Artist – Rama Mahanna, DJ – Astronne TIATI, artist – Jamie Donald, Artist – Carl Gent, Artist – Flo Barr, Sculptor – Susan Finlay, Writer – Ghita Benslimane, Filmmaker – Ayham Mallisho, Artist – Lina Caicedo, Archive producer – Salma Abu deif, Actress – Maeve Redmond, Designer – Christoffer Danielsson, artist – Maha Maamoun, Artist – B Khorsheed, A human fighting against apartheid and genocide – Hope Strickland, Filmmaker – Sally Proctor, Director – Nichola Smalley, Translator – Lea Heynitz, Artist – Jodi Burn, Musician – Jennifer 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Rhona Jack, Artist – Nour El Nabawy, Actor, Filmmaker – Alexis Mitchell, Artist – J Yong, Artist – Dominique Sisley, Writer – Gosia Walton, Visual Artist – florence uniacke, artist – Ellen Dillon, Writer – Daisy Lafarge, Writer – Hannan Jones, Artist – Sameena Zehra, Performer, Writer, Director – Sam Keogh, Artist – Rakeen Saad, Actress – setareh fatehi, artist – Murray Collier, Musician – Elle Phillips, Artist – Terry Victor, Actor & writer – Andy Spragg, Writer – Jasleen Kaur, Artist – Chloe Ostmo, Artist – Mayada Al, Artist – Viva Ruiz, Artist – Peter Amoore, Artworker – Nour Elmalt, Writer – Robin Christian, Publisher – Kathryn Fischer, musician and performer – Razanah Silawi, Artist and production designer – Taqua Ammar, Writer – Joseph Noonan-Ganley, Artist – Calum MacFarlane-Barrow, artist – Christopher Udemezue, Artist – Anahi Saravia Herrera, Writer and curator – Camilla Nelson, Artist / writer – David Blandy, Artist – Brandon Taylor, Musician – Emma Dove, Filmmaker – Arinder Sadhra, Actor – Nashwa Matouk, Artist – Lina Hegazi, Cultural organizer – Jenny Salmeam, Producer – Finlay Hall, Artist, musician – Hussein Mitha, artist – Ayebainemi Ese, Artist – Rodrigo Brum, Filmmaker – Rowaa Ibrahim, Spatial Practices – Mariana Cantini, musician – Mariam Gabr, Filmmaker – Lara Sawalha, Actor – Letitia Gasser, Artist – Natalia Palombo, Visual art – Mary Slattery, Artist – Joseph Donald, artist – Nia Davies, Writer – Abigail Webster, Programme producer and writer (visual arts) – Konrad Schlaich, Filmmaker – Roberto Campione, Filmmaker – Frank Wasser, Artist – Lizzy Vartanian, Artist, writer – Rachel Stower, Writer – harjyot khalsa, artist – Jala Hesham, Actress – Matthew Pritchard, Musician – Sarah Syed, Actor – Vitor Munhoz, Musician – Melissa Haniff, Designer – Sonali Bhattacharyya, Writer – Sarra Azzam, Creative director – Kris Paul, Writer – Vinícius Massolar, Musician and artist – Joanna Arida, Actress and Artist – Jaiko Suzuki, Artist – Aser El Saqqa, Founder and Managing director, Arts Canteen, London – cf prior, writer – Yasmine Rashad, DJ – Magaki Reus, Artist – Nina Martin, Curator, designer – Kathryn Elkin, Artist – Joey Frances, Poet – Kate Holford, Artist – Alan Fielden, theatre, artist, writer – Samar merdassi, Musician- Designer – Jawad Wazan, Musician – Anna Orton, Designer – Jonathan Roessler, Filmmaker – bill daggs, artist – Larissa Sansour, Artist – Fatima Salgado, Musician – Alessandra Cianetti (performingborders), Performance art – Rachel Dedman, Curator – Allan Struthers, Artist – Belladonna Paloma, Artist – Ahmad Abuwazneh, Artist – Sara Shaarawi, Playwright – Riffy Ahmed, Writer/Director + Visual Artist – Abi Charlesworth, Artist – Marcus Jack, Curator – Doua Datfat, Dancer – Luz Koeder, Artist – The Friend, Poet – Lucy Skaer, Artist – Philipp Eden, Musician – Harriet Morley, Art writer – Olivia Pratt, Painter – Emma Devlin, Writer – Alycia Pirmohamed, Writer – youssef adel, musician/artist – Theresa Hoffmann, Performer – Laura Copsey, Artist/musician – Halim Ramses, Artist and curator – Rukhama Ahmad, Writer – Eoin Dara, Curator – Rebecca McAllister, Artist – Shahira Zaki, Director – annabel hesselink, designer – Kelly Nicholas, Actor – Eman Hussein, Dancer, Artist – Cicely Farrer, Curator – Juliet Dean, Arts producer – Ruth Ewan, Artist – Hiba Alansari, Artist – Camilo Brodsky, writer, poet, editor – Nelly Kelly, Theatre maker – Sama Rantisi, Actress – Winnie Herbstein, Artist – Noor Bahjat, Artist – Juana Adcock, Writer – Scott Lyons, Writer – Sanne Jehoul, Curator – Jennifer Cooke, Poet – Jessica Widner, Writer – Sophia Hao, Curator – Yaman Albaker, visual artist – Joshua Tucci, Musician, Visual Artist – Philippine Velge, Actor, director/filmmaker – Ula Assi, Self-employed artist – Marwa Marwa Belhaj Youssef, Musician – Helena Walsh, Performance artist – Anna Barham, Artist – Sophie Orton, Artist – John Dummett, Artist – Orlando von Einsiedel, Filmmaker – Riley Hooker, Artist – Shreela Ghosh, Performer – Sarah Perks, Filmmaker – Zeina Maan, Singer – Farhaan M, Filmmaker – Paul Noble, Artist – Dania Arafeh, Curator – camara taylor, artist – Storm Hartley, Artist – Zoe Williams, Artist – Ola Roshdy, Actress – Mahmod Tohan, Dancer – Lamorna Ash, Author – Bilqees Hussain, Artist – cris cheek, poet – Tonya McMullan, Artist – Diego Rizzo Vieira, Environmental manager and Musician – Leyla Josephine, Poet, theatre and film maker – Valentina Ferrari, Social worker – Lora Krasteva, Theatre maker – Julia Taudevin, Writer director – Terence McCormack, Artist – Caitlin Skinner, Theatre director – Josie Long, Comedian and Writer – Natalie Chan, Producer – Poppy Jackson, Artist – K Harvey, Designer – Sara Sherif, Architect – Noor Zaheer, Writer – Paul Stewart, Artist – Louise McVey, Artist – Gaia Fugazza, Artist – Karen Babayan, Artist & writer – Shona Macnaughton, Artist – Nathan Frost, Social Artist – Peter Searles, Actor – River MacAskill, Writer – Sarah Verney, Musician – Beth Atkinson, Artist, Cultural Worker – Preethi Manuel, Writer – H Sinno, Artist – Joanna Natasegara, Filmmaker – Amy McCauley, Writer – Glen Cutwerk, Visual artist & musician – Adil Hassan, Actor and writer – Mariam Ibrahim, Actress – Rory Cook, Publisher – Floris Werk, Musician – Jazmine Linklater, Writer – Pernille Spence, Artist – Kevin Biderman, Filmmaker – Alexandra Kharibian, Costume Supervisor – Alice Cooper, Theatre maker – Mau Baiocco, Poet and editor – Sarrah Abdelrahman, Actress – Alicia Fayçal, DJ – Nicky Arscott, Artist – Christopher Olk, Musician – Bonnibel Pauline, Poet – Mohammad Fathi Zaza, Painter – Alison Scott, Artist – Hannah Kelso, Screenwriter – Poppy Page, Writer – Ross Little, Artist – Zoe Lake Thomas, Cultural Worker – Yagmur Uckunkaya, musician – Anne Tallentire, Artist – NJ Stallard, Writer – Tim Evans, Theatre director – Afshan Malik, Writer – Rhea Lewis, Creative Producer – Youngsook Choi, artist – Kamni Syed, Artist – Mina Tolouei Azar, Artist – Samia Malik, Singer songwriter artist – Liz Strange, Actor – Thulani Rachia, Artist – Charlie Porter, Writer – Heather Parry, Writer – Lauren Saunders, Artist – Lujain Mustafa, Artist – Frankie Boyle, Comedian – Kirsty Logan, Writer – Samuel Narvaez, musician – Katherine Ka Yi Liu, Artist – Louise Shelley, Curator – Lucy Parker, Artist filmmaker – Eszter Marsalko, Artist – Paul Ingram, Writer – Clirim Zyberi, Pace for everyone – Asif Kapadia, Filmmaker – Joe Beedles, artist – Johanna Linsley, Writer/Performance Artist – Ruth Leslie, Jeweller – Chris Timms, Artist and PCS Union Rep – Mathieu Plainfosse, Cinematographer – Nicky Bryant, Artist – Amir Abootalebi, Filmmaker – Jorge Martinez, Artist – Frances Stacey, Artist/ curator – Benjamin Addis, Artist – Jorge Martinez, Artist – Ellen Beth Abdi Lewis, Musician – Molly M Whawell, Artist – Lily Alessandroni, Writer – Emily Nicholl, arts worker and producer – Claire Willoughby, Artist – Michael Szpakowski, artist & writer – Tom Burford, Musician – Izzy Finch, Artist – Andrea Khôra, Artist – Joel Samuels, Writer and Actor – Marc Cowan, Artist / designer – Callum Mair, Filmmaker – Dan Ablett, Documentary Editor – Alaya Ang, Artist – Adrian Urizar, Filmmaker – Francesco De Luca, Dj – mandisa remi, poet – Kirsty Hendry, Artist – Alexander Yamaguti, Architect – Vishnu Prasad, Writer – Marie Klimis, Theatre-maker – Fiona Oliver-Larkin, Theatre maker – Laura Mcsorley, Producer / Curator – Maeve Slattery, Poet – Ireen Amnes, artist – Jo Smithers, Artist – Nikki Meftah, Gallerist – Michele Fornera, Podcaster – Paul Stroud, Composer – Yasmin Al-Hadithi, Filmmaker – Nikita McCauley, Artist – Jean Compton, Artist – Jasmine Bullock, Actor – Amani Saeed, Writer – Rosie Priest, Artist, writer – Alexander KB, Musician – Suzanne Dancs, Actor – Moe Meade, Musician – Karam Kabbani, Photographer – Claire Louise Staunton, Curator – Ali Mills, Set Designer in Television – Safa Abdalla, Mohammed Abdelrhman, Artist – Emma Duffy, Filmmaker – Sarah Rose, Artist – Riccardo Vianello, Producer, Dj – Oliver Pitt, Illustrator – Kim Coleman, artist – Christine Doctor, Writer, composer – Julian Scheele, Illustrator/comics artist – Zoe Charlery, Writer – Cathy Wade, Artist – Jiuliana Delmi, Retail assistant – Arturo Rodarte, Writer – Abla Kandalaft, Writer – Rachel Lowther, Artist – Nagham A. Assaf, Artist – Becky Šik, Visual artist – Zenon Mitchell- Kotsakis, Musician – Emma Brierley, Artist & Cultural Worker – Zolfar Hassib, Artist – Duncan Marquiss, Artist – Nora Mihle Asklund, Music – Andrei Maniata, Actor – Seungwon Jung, artist – Fatina Laila, Actress – Ben Cain, Theatre maker – Ghazala Akbar, Writer – Emmanuella Damptey, Theatre Performer – Osian Grifford, Artist – Cameron Bray, Sound artist – David Iriarte, Musician – Syma Tariq, artist-researcher – Kate Robertson, Artist – Rachel Harkness, Artist – Sinziana Cojocarescu, Writer – Claricia Parinussa, artist & arts producer – Zephyr Liddell, Artist – Paula Morison, Artist – Huda Zikry, Artist/translator – Heidi Alsabban, Musician – Natali Khalili, Filmmaker – Natalija Gormalova, Photographer – Jara Nassar, Writer, Performer, Poet – Robert Awosusi, Theatremaker – Catherine Orton, Artist – Mohsen Alabdallah, Artist choreographer dancer – Nourhan Ebrahim, Photographer – Shireen Taylor, Arts Producer – Margareta Kern, Artist – Ahmed El Shaer, Artist – Farah Hallaba, Anthropology x Art – Seán Elder, Curator – Samera Abed, Artist – Siana Bangura, Writer & Producer – mike sprout, Artist – Sofia Paradis, Makeup Artist Writer – Grace Woodcock, Artist – Antonia Luxem, Filmmaker – Maisan Hamdan, Writer – Ilona Sagar, Artist – Eleanor Rudge, Musician – Mariam Taha, Artist – Manar Abdelaziz, Artist – Nour Bar, Filmmaker – Harun Morrison, Artist – Jocelyn Watson, Writer – Nania Unruh, Artist – Aya Gamil, Painter – Natalie Taylor, Artist – Gehad Hossam el Din, Actress – Lou Lou Sainsbury, Artist – Eva Riley, Filmmaker – Lizzie Clarke, Actor – Elliott Mickleburgh, Writer – Nik Rawlings, Artist & Composer – Gary Zhang, Artist, writer – Kevin Pollock, Artist – Andreea Tudose, Actor and theatre maker – Alaa Abdelrahman, Visual Artist – Yarrah Yarrah, Visual artist – Gabriele Pauryte, Designer – Benjamon Chilton, Performer, musician – Thibault Aedy, Artist – Omar Senada, Artist – marina tantanozi, musician – Davide Luciani, Artist – Sabrina Bellaouel, Musician – Molly Rose, Dancer – HB Sassoon, writer – Naomi Zaboub, Artist – Ellis George, Actor, writer, poet – Aya Gaafar, Artist – Pauline Goldsmith, Actor/Writer – Niall Reynolds, Artist – Omar Gabr, Artist – Hamja Ahsan, Artist and writer – Louise Ashcroft, Artist – Henry Bell, Poet – Bee Read, Musician – Leo Ventura, Musician – Victoria Smart, Designer – Mandy Mcintosh, Artist – Caitlin O’Ryan, Actor/Poet – Susie Green, Artist – Natalia Regalia-Affinito, Writer – Raymond Burke, Writer – Madelaine Culver, Writer – Rachel Genn, Writer – Emma Gieben-Gamal, Writer – Jamie Kenyon, Pacifist – Khadija Hossameldin, Visual artist & fashion designer – Felipe Bustos Sierra, Filmmaker – Grace Denton, Artist – Felix Dobson, Musician – Annice Boparai, Actor & Writer – Julie Shackson, Artist – Loralee Grace, Fine Art Painter, Filmmaker – T Wise, Writer – KT Kennedy, Artist – John Bell, Actor – Cherry Styles, Artist – Omar Sherif, Filmmaker – Troy Cabida, Poet – Adrienne Gaither, Visual artist – Ahmed Naji, Writer – Jak Hutchcraft, Journalist – Lois Graham, Musician – Leila Buck, writer, performer, facilitator, educator, mother – Jane Keith, Artist – Iulia Isar, theatre maker – Anjali Kamat, Filmmaker – Leonor Estrada Francke, Theatre artist – Mina Squalli-Houssaïni, visual artist, curator and dj – Thomas Bergmann, Writer producer – layla-roxanne hill, writer – Eman Emzy, Artist – Jessie Levandov, Filmmaker – Reve Weiss, Artist/Writer – Janvier Wete, Filmmaker – Rami Kashou, Mr, artist – Zahyr Lauren, Artist – Molly Crabapple, Artist – David Keller, artist – Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi, Artist – Ciara Dawson, Artist – Johanna Odersky, Artist – Khaled Ashour, Filmmaker – Sam Heughan, Actor – Daniel Burke, Actor – Lewis Hetherington, Playwright – Leïla Jiqqir, Artist, musician – Belal Bassioni, Architect – sebastian collett, photographer – Ari San, Filmmaker – Chourouk Zarkaoui, Artist and designer – Daphne Kouma, Actor – Caio Felliputti, Musician – morgan hayes, musician – Hassan Abdulrazzak, Playwright – Nada Hassan, Musician – Mystique, DJ – Joanne Thomson, Actor – Gabriel Akamo, Writer, actor, creative producer, facilitator – Maryam Hamidi, Writer and Actor – Yongxiang Li, Artist – Qusay Baz, Filmmaker – Adam Farah-Saad, Artist – Peko Pekodjinn, Dj – Bobbi Cameron, Artist – Fatimah Al-Tamimy, writer – Konstantin Mercks, Musician, Artist, Poet – Shaheen Kasmani, Artist – aileen murphy, artist – Lyna Yaa ly, Writer – Robert Wyatt, Musician – Alfreda Benge, Artist – Shamiran Istifan, Artist – Tomaso De Luca, Artist – Mona Varichon, Artist-Translator – Serene Debs, Artist – J Neve Harrington, Artist – Hanna Paas, Filmmaker – Fatin Abbas, Writer – Tam Dean Burn, Actor and theatremaker – Siegrun Salmanian, Assistant curator – MJ Kaufman, writer – Tun Tun Sandar, Musician – Mo Clay, Actor – Lynn Mayya, Audio-Visual Artist – Jusztina Hermann, Actor – Jolan Kamu, Artist – Chloe Massey, Actor – Amr Elkafrawy, Artist – Ammar Obeid, Actor, filmmaker – Sameera Elasir, Actress – Raghad Chaar, Actor – Topher Dagg, Rigger – Maryam Fakhroo, Writer – Aliza Brugger, Filmmaker – Ashley Brock, Artist – Jessica Layde, Actor – Rachael Macintyre, Director/performer – Loay Alhamedi, Actor – Penny Stone, Musician – Cerrucha ., artist – Carmen Treichl, Filmmaker – Roberta Pilleri, Filmmaker – Omar Bynon, Theatre-maker – Maaza Mengiste, Writer – Molara Wood, Writer – H. David Pani, Musician, writer – Rin Hirosawa, Musician – Frances Pilling, Concerned supporter – Meghan Tyler, Writer Actor – Samia Nadi, DJ – Annie Hayter, Writer – Marsha Levine, photographer – Zukiswa Wanner, Writer – Kate Paul, Writer/artist – Paul Sepuya, Artist – Lara Birkdar, Musician – Youssra El Hawary, Musician – Ivona Skoko, Artist – Dalia Abdelshafy, Artist. Actress – Ahmed Reda, Filmmaker – Tatyana Tenenbaum, dancer, composer, filmmaker – Dina khashan, DINA – Chris Ferguson, Photographer – Noély Mello, Artist – Alaa Abo Hassan, Dancer – Ayaz Muratoglu, Writer – Riwa Saab, Artist – Richard Grehan, Film maker – Ben Thomson, DJ (Ben UFO) – John King, composer, musician – Tiphaine Larrosa, Musician – Rawya El Chab, Theater Maker – Syakira Moeladi, Actor – Salam Al-Sibai, Mother – Estee Chandler, Actor/Filmmaker – Aisha Mirza, Writer & Musician – Michael Pattison, Writer, critic, curator – Daro Behroozi, Musician – Yves B Golden, Writer – Tareq Abu Kwaik, Artist – Ziad Assaf, Musician – Mark Mr., musician, artist – Viknesh Kobinathan, Film programmer – Emma Seligman, Filmmaker – Pavel MARMANILLO, Writer – Arama Rata, Writer – Pavel MARMANILLO, Writer – Joana Galego, Visual artist – Hilal Chouman, Writer – Nora Nalepka, Musician – Amir El-Masry, Actor – Barrie Adleberg, Writer, Producer, Game Designer – Cory Tamler, Writer – Nadia Nadif, Actor and filmmaker – Arthur Vorsatz, Musician – Lauren Fisher, Filmmaker – Barbara Debeuckelaere, Artist – Benjamin Morris, Musician/artist – Kadija George, Writer – André Rosa, Writer – Saturn Akin, Artist&maker – Moira Ali, Graphic Artist – Simone Rudolphi, Photographer/mixed media – Sonny Singh, Musician – Zane Trow, composer/animateur – Maggie OConnell, artist – Tania Aparicio, Video artist – Lane Dombois, playwright/composer – Esther Poppe, Artist, curator – Bogdan Lepadatu, Poet – Oshanti Ahmed, Writer – Patrizia Grilli, Artist – Shuang Li, Artist – Bec Smith, Artist – Aya Zabadne, Filmmaker – Sima Dehan, Writer – Amira Kalboneh, N/a – Juan Lopez, Event promoter – Fébé Potgieter, Children’s Book Publisher – Ishan Islam, Artist – RadIslava Olshevskaya, Photographer-impressionist – Sujatro Ghosh, Multidisciplinary Artist – Raphaëlle Gutierrez, Marla Wallace – Sherif Gamil, Dancer – Aya Mostafa, Artist – Jesse Kovarsky, Dancer – Yara Malek, Artist – Joud Shaker, Artist – Waleed Elgadi, Actor and Writer – Aani Kisslinger, Musician – Nada Elissa, Performer – Mohanad Abdelgawad, Filmmaker – Sami Rhymes, Poet – Khari Lucas, musician – Catherine Chambers, Artist – Humaira Patel, Writer – Beth Frieden, Actor – May Elshamy, Artist – Sarah Bouzi, Filmmaker – Kate Liston, Artist – Annalise Van Even, Dancer – Naima Green, Artist – Anna Wood, Writer – James Ford, Musician – Nanna Hougaard, Artist – Preti Taneja, Writer – Jamie Measure-Hughes, Artist – Yasmin Nupur, Artist – Namita Kulkarni, Artist – Soni Mand, Artist – Jack Tully, Community artist – Adham Smart, writer – Hazel Terry, Artist – Shaden Fakih, Standup comedian – Hannah Lavery, Writer – Lora Davies, Writer – Sadia Pineda Hameed, Artist – Naomi Gordon-Loebl, Writer – Mariem Fourati, Fashion student – Ndegwa Nguru, Writer – Beau Beakhouse, Artist – Ashley Holmes, Artist – Steph Singer, Musician – Na’eemah N’diaye, Actor – Katrina Palmer, Artist – Bryony Gillard, Artist – Leniko Sennoma, Fine Artist – Yuto Takei, Musician – Dona Abboud, Graphic designer, visual artist – Wilf Speller, artist – Rachel Corr, Artist – Mona Khaliel, Artist – Natalie McGowan, Filmmaker – Andrés Nava Hurtado, Artist – Nadia Tehran, Artist – Sana Mulay, Photographer – Thaer Salameh, Musician – Shireen Farkhoy, Actor & Screenwriter – Boniface Mwangi, Photographer – Julia Mitchell, Artist – Andrew Harper, Artist – Mags Byrne, Dance – Agata Cieslak, Artist – Saleck Azzedine, Sculptor – Dila Vardar, Musician – Mhari Robinson, Producer – Neo Nene, Artist – Danny Carlo Pandolfi, Poet / rapper – Holly Marland, Musician – Rizik Souty, Artist – Derek Mcluckie, Actor writer illuststrator – Emily Simmons, Writer – Molly Chesworth, Actor – Francesco Bentivegna, Performance maker – Elizabeth Bailey, Writer and programmer – Jonathan Knowles, Designer – Nicole Colombo, Artist – Ed Webb-Ingall, Filmmaker – Maya Ellis, Producer – Mena El Shazly, visual artist – Sanne Huijsmans, Music dj – Tiffany Aita, Circus artist – Rebecca Moccia, Artist – Rona Atrash, Artist – Colin Darke, Artist – Abdullah Qureshi, Artist – Isabella Finholdt, Photographer – Pepa Duarte, Actor, theatremaker – Emma Lewis-Jones, Choreographer – Sam Ado, Cinematographer – Clement Loubens, Musician – Cloudberry MacLean, Writer/moving image – Clément Garcia, Artist – Zeina Hawa, Engineer – Luke Pell, Dance artists – Siobhan Carroll, Curator – Emina Kujundzic, Filmmaker – Ali Sargent, Filmmaker – Manuel Vazquez, Photographer – Jaimie Tomas, Writer – Melek Zertal, Illustrator – Meray Diner, Filmmaker – Zeina Azouqah, Musician – Rachael Clerke, Artist – Jack Young, Writer – Ewan McNicholl, Musician – Mai Al Shazly, Artist – Jessy Young, Designer – Lily Hall, Curator – Sébastien Sans-Arcidet, Artist – Jeffrey Ludwick, Musician – Jan Woolf, Writer – Joshua Phillips, Artist – Tracy Fuad, Poet – Sam Wood, Artist/Clothing Designer – Jo Hauge, Artist – Swan Eden, musician – Ziad Hassan, Musician – Robert Del naja, Massive Attack – Jenny Tipton, Artist – Nawel Dridi, scientist – Catriona MacLeod, writer + director – Anisa Nuh—Ali, Artist – Alex Hetherington, Visual artist and filmmaker – Deborah Joyce, Holman, Artist – Georgina Starr, Artist – Daniel Naddafy, Theatre Maker – Michaela Maritz, Artist – Alexa Hare, Artist – Kirsty Russell, Artist – Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Artist – Sam Gleaden, Poet – Emily Murayama, filmmaker – Jake Shepherd, Artist – Julia Scott, Artist – Phoebe Banks, Artist – Amy Rodriguez, Metalsmith – Chris Farrell, Artist – Cara Tolmie, Artist – Caitlyn Main, Artist – Moni Onojeruo, Performing arts producer – Yazan Halwani, Artist – Lindner, Ellen, artist – Deborah Rigby, Artist – Jess Wilson-Leigh, Artist – Clay AD, Artist – Ayesha Alibhai, Photographer – Lucy Duncombe, Musician – China Fish, Performer – Ella Phillips, Artist – Apolline Amaudric du Chaffaut, Art historian – Lou Dear, Writer – Aisha Oyedepo, Artist – Cherise Lopes-Baker, Author and Editor – Sian Rees, Artist, academic – Giulia Casalini, curator-artist-researcher – Nicholas Brown, Researcher and librarian – Bassel Hariri, Musician – Rafa Amezcua, photographer – David Wilson, Former director Pavarotti Music Centre – Chris Moses, photographer – Nadia Tehran, Artist – Lindsay Grime, Illustrator – Seba Stolarczyk, Musician – Rosie Smith, Musician – Giulia Essyad, artist – Susie Thomas, Writer – Almourad Aldeeb, filmmaker – Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Writer and interdisciplinary artist – Ammar ABD RABBO, Photographer – Mariam Khalil, Artist – Mohamed Almusibli, Artist – Kenza Belkadi, artist – Asma Barchiche, writer – A, J, artist, musician, contemporary, installation, experience – Louise Oliver, Producer / Writer / Actor – Emma Bert, Artist – Danielle Riwai, Writer – Michelle Roche, Artist – Emma Bentley, Actor and writer – Zia Ahmed, writer – Farida Karim, artist – Sam Weselowski, Writer – Malik Bilen, Rap music – Bint Mbareh, Musician – Sarah Al-Sarraj, Artist and cultural worker – Ruby Pester, Artist – Emi Kubota, Artist – Paolina Wandruszka, Cultural worker – Helen Wright, Film – Dina Mimi, Artist – Hanaa Ahmad, Textiles artist – Ameen Kamlana, Medical Doctor – Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, Writer – Eirini Eirini, Artist – Gail Dickerson, Artists – Krishna Shanthi, artist – Sarah Gillespie, Artist – Sarah Khan, artist-filmmaker – Micha Frazer-Carroll, Author – Kriss Nichol, writer – Melanie Jordan, Theatre maker – Sofia Lyall, writer – Chloe Evans, writer – Rebecca Livesey-Wight, Artist, facilitator, coordinator – Nardine Gharsa, Musician – Hicham Gardaf, Artist – Omar Adel, Artist – Hanna Tuulikki, Artist – Annina Zheng-Hardy, Writer – Fritz Welch, Artist/musician – Sami Kimberly, Creative director – Aaron Lynn, Actor – Michelle Williams Gamaker, Artist – Lisa-Marie Gil, graphic designer – Adam Al Shami, Artist, actor – Iona Lee, Poet – Hadiru Mahdi, Artists – Sead Trnka, Musician – Cici Peng, Writer/ filmmaker – Josie Tothill, Social practice artist – Roger Klef, ASAAS – Chris Bainbridge, Musician – Euan Sutherland, Visual artist – Joel Auterson, Poet, game designer – Nadia Rossi, Artist – Aalia Eliraki, Musician – Ruth Hughes, Artist – Klaussie Williams, Artist – Lisa Fannen, Artist – Hannah Conroy, Curator – Ursula Cheng, Artist – Yeongseo Jee, artist – Kaivalya Brewerton, Artist – Sophie Billington, Filmmaker – Alia Hamaoui, Visual artist – Asma Maroof, Musician – Sophie J Williamson, Curator – Tatiana Yusuf, DJ – Rhiannon Reilly, N/A – Leah Miller-Biot, Artist – Zachary Trevitt, DJ – Tyler Prior, Designer -Shane Santillan, Musician – Laura Lynes, Writer – Eman Alali, Actress and poet – Roxy Farahmand, Casting director – Mai Ta, Architect and jewellery designer – Rona Luo, Poet – Zeynep Agcabay, Music – Yasemin Hassan, Artist – Tyler Gordon, Architect, potter, graphic designer/illustrator – Leye Adenle, Writer – Sarah Forrest, Artist – Leah Borromeo, Filmmaker/Journalist – Tako Taal, artist – Miranda Cromwell, Theatre Director – Jessica El Mal, Artist and curator – Isabella Kajiwara, Writer – Mimi Khalvati, Writer – Lenka Della-Porta, Illustrator – Sofia Del Carmen, Filmmaker/writer – Maya Gurung-Russell Campbell, Artist – Severina Dico-Young, Artist – Reeba George, Artist – Mariam Tovmasyan, artist – Sadia Rashid, Artist and writer – Yayla Yildiz, Artist – Zenab Lone Jamil, Fashion Designer – Ewan Downie, Theatre Director – Emmanuel Pierre, writer – Oluwasanya Stefan Adegbola, Actor – Toby Chai, Artist and academic – Nieta Irons, Artist – Michael Jeebrahil, Musician – Digital Artist – Caryl Churchill, Playwright – Lexy Morvaridi, Artist/musician – Asha Karami, writer – Jon Clay, Writer/photographer – Collectif Albeyt, Organisation – Zainab Abdul, Fashion label create – Erica Scourti, Artist & writer – Tanika Gupta, Playwright – Ignace Cami, Artist – Celia de Caumette, Musician – Souhail Zaatari, Artist – Kristie De Garis, Artist – Lauren O’Boyle, Artist – Aliyah Q, Filmmaker – Matthew Noel-Tod, Artist – Carla Saad, Artist/Musician – Kenza Meunier, Filmmaker – Hagar Masoud, Artist – Rochelle Saunders, Literature Producer – Clare Richards, Translator – Chantal Ward-Mercer, writer/artist – Lara Abdessalem, Editor in chief – Adrienne Lau, Architect and designer – Aimee Wood, Actor – Adèle Ballif, Artist – Reman Sadani, filmmaker – Marcel Gusdol, artist – Paul Paschal, artist and performer – Larissa Tiki Mbassi, Cultural worker – Julia Gilmour, Artist – Ngaio Anyia, Musician – Saidat Animasaun, Artist – Sophie Monks Kaufman, Writer – Mary Condon O’Connor, Theatre faciliatiors – Robert Stothard, Photographer – Ciara Barry, Filmmaker – Joe Haddad, Performer – Rizky Rahad, filmmaker – Rosa Connell, Art director – Shaima Ayoub, Image maker and researcher – Ahmed El Lozy, Filmmaker – Florence Woolley, Artist – Marco Sartorelli, Musician – Becky Harrison, Cultural worker – Marwan Khallouf, Artist – Mona Essam Eldin, Artist – Bill Martin, Writer/Translator – Jol Thoms, Artist and educator – Amy Conway, Theatre artist (writer & performer) – Juan Ferrari, digital artist – Firpal Jawanda, Artist – Harley Weir, Artist – Mona Castel, Designer – Rosie Cunningham, Illustrator – Nat Halaseh, musician – Aoife Franklyn, PhD Researcher – Chris Green, Artist – Sarah Franklyn, Musician – Yazan El Zubi, Artist – Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja, Musician – Alx Dabo, artist – Amal Shihab, Musician – Janey Starling, Musician – Gaspar Gillet, Musician – Staffan Gnosspelius, Artist – Sanaa Qureshi, Writer – Mohamad Hussein, Actir – Katia Barrett, Musician – Tapiwa Svosve, Musician – Jason Mayall, Promoter – Oisin Kealy, Writer & Cultural Producer – Amina Jama, Writer – Viory Schellekens, artist – Kwan Ann Tan, Writer – May M, Musician, actor and artist – Ian Wiblin, Filmmaker / Photographer – Jazil Santschi, Artist researcher – David Mrakpor, Musician and Artist – Florence Boyd, Artist – Rahma Elhaddad, Writer – Charlotte Durrant, Writer – Eva Fuemana, Artist – Aleksandra Herbich, Designer – Leah Gordon, Artist – Ananda Schmidt, Multimedia 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AlexanderElarettaArtist
AlexandraWhittinghamMusician
Alfatih.Artist
AliKarouiFashion designer
AliaShawkatArtist
AliaAymanFilm Programmer/Academic
AliaskarAbarkasArtist
AliceMeiklePhotographer
AliceSimpsonArtist
AlinaBurwitzActor, poet
AlinaMasriWriter
AlinaAmerArtist
ĀliyahHusnaMusician, cultural producer, arts educator, community facilitator
AMKanngieserResearcher x Artist
AmarEdiriwiraCreative Director
AmarLalMusician
AmaraAbdal Figueroaartist
AmberHusainWriter
AmbroiseLeclercfilmmaker
AmeerAmrActor
AmeeraConradTheatre Maker
AmeliaSharpEvents organiser / DJ
AmeliaMartinCurator
AmiraKhalilArtist
AmiraEl-Behiriwriter, songwriter, music producer
AmritaPandeArtist and academic
AmritaDhalluCurator
AmyAllenArtist
AmyFeneckArtist
AmyKeyWriter
AmyDaneelFilmmaker
anapylleian23musician
AnaKazaroffArtist
AnaPintoPhotographer
AnasYounesTheatre Practitioner/cultural activist
AnasMaghrebiMusician
AnastasiaXirouchakisArtist
AnastasiiaSyradoievaArtist
AndreaCorrales DevesaArtist & researcher
AndreaZimmermanFilmmaker
AndreaGraciaArtist
AndreasGurewichartist
AndreasChristodoulidisMusician
AndrewKeyWriter
AndrewGrantLandscape Architect
AndrewFoxMusician
AneFifitaAlly
AneilKariaFilmmaker
AngelaMartinfilmmaker
AngelitaBiscottiWriter
AnielaPiaseckaArtist
AnishaGroverArtist
AnkaDabrowskaArtist
AnnaSerlengaArtist
AnnaHartArtist
AnnavRComposer
Anna BSavageMusician
Anna MaySlowieArtist
AnneRodfordPublishing
AnneleenLindsayPhotographer / artist
AnnieLeeArtist
AnnieMackinnonArts education
Annie RoseFiddian-GreenArtist / Painter
AnouchkaGwenmusician
AnshikaKhullarArtist
AnthonyCalderbankTranslator
AnukaRamischwili-SchäferFilmmaker
AnyaReissWriter
AoibheannGreenanArtist
ApoenaFousekIllustrator
AppauBoakye-YiadomArtist
ApphiaCampbellArtist
AprilDe AngelisPlaywright
April ClareWelshWriter
ArashArfazadehMusician, designer, artist
AreenaAngArtist
ArianeDavalosMusician
AriannaForteart curation
Artists UnionEnglandTrade union for artists
AshleyRommelrathDirector and photographer
AshlingO’SheaActor
AsmaKazmiartist
AssuntaRuoccoArtist
AstraSukkarSinger
AudreyEwellFilmmaker
AureliaChalonoDancer
AvaLeoncavalloMusician
AvrilCorroonArtist
AwaKonatéCurator and Founder of Culture Art Society (CAS)
ayakaidofilmmaker
AyakaOkutsuArtist
AyoubSaeedCurator, Musician, Recercher
AyshaRafaeledirector/executive producer
Azad AshimSharmaWriter and Publisher
AzizeFeriziArtist
BabaSyArtist
BalrajBainsCreative technologist
BangyuFanArtist
BaraaBadawiActor
BarbaraCorartist
BarbaraCorrartist
BarboraBenesovaFilmmaker
BarbyAsanteVisual Artist, writer.
BasharTabbhPhotographer
BayWhitakerMusician
BeatChristenWriter
BeatriceGibsonArtist / Filmmaker
BeatriceMcevoyPerformer
BeatrixPangArtist/Publisher
BeatrizHigón CardeteArtist
BeckyBaurArtist
BeeAndersonArtist
BehzadKhosravi NooriArtist
BekezelaMguniArtist and Librarian
BenBrowningWriter & Artist
BenGibsonProducer, film educator
BenjaminAshrafWriter
BethDynowskiArtist
BethKettelArtist
BetsyHersheyMusician + filmmaker
BettinaNissenDesigner
BiancaBenenti OriolArtis visual
BiancaHlywaArtist
BiddyPeppinartist
BilalHasnaActor
billie mayajohansenArtist
BircanBirolFilmmaker
Black ObsidianSound SystemSound System Collective
BlancSceolArtist
BleueLiverpoolArtist
BoChoyArtist
BobbyDowlerArtist
BobuqSayedWriter
BriaRogersMusician
BrianDillonWriter
BriannaMillsPhotographer & writer
BridgetMinamorewriter
BugShepherd-BarronAnimator
CairoClarkeCurator, writer
CaitlinMcMullanFilmmaker
CaitlinRoweArtist
CamilaCavalcanteVisual Artist
Camila YmayGonzalezTheatre director and scholar
CamilleAlexanderMusician, artist, director
Camille SimonBaudryFilmmaker
CandiceJacobsArtist
CannachMacBrideartist
CareyYoungVisual artist
CarineHarmandCurator
carlafloresmusician
CarlosSoto RománPoet
CarmeKösterFilm maker
CarolBreenArtist
CarolWattsPoet
CarolineDeedsArtist Fimmaker
CarolineWalkerArtist
CassandraTroyanWriter
CatBarichPerformance artist & Healer
CatVilliersFilmmaker
CatO’BrienFashion designer
Cat.Mayerartist
CatherineElsenTheatre
CatherineLibertfilmmaker
CathyReaywriter
CatrinJonesArtist
CeciliaWeeCurator, educator, artist, co-chair and co-equalities officer, Royal College of Art UCU
CedricGerkeArtist
CerysSalkeld GreenArtist/ writer
ChaiSirisFilmmaker
chaosclaymusician
CharlieMillerFilmmaker
CharlotteYoungArtist
ChelseaGadjiFine Artist
CherelleGaylewriter & composer
ChiaraFaggionatoArtist, Filmmaker
ChiaraAmbrosioFilmmaker and artist
ChloeFilaniArtist poet
ChrisSearleWriter
ChrisShapiroArtist
ChrisTabronMusician
ChrisGutkindWriter
ChristofferDanielssonartist
ChristopherMcFarlaneMusician
ChristopherMaddenWriter
ChristopherSteensonArtist
CianSmythArt worker
CiaraDelaneyArtist
ClairStirlingDj/producer
ClaireNicholsArtist
ClaudiaPages RabalArtist
ClaudiaCamarenaFilmmaker
ClaudiaLastraProducer / Director
ClioIsadoraComic artist
ColetteHolliganArtist
ConorMcTernanWriter
ConstanzeKlarartist
CorinSwornArtist
CorneliaGaieArtist
CorsinBilleterArtist
CosimaEmusician
CrispinRobinsonMusician
CynthiaIgbokweCurator
D.L.Langpoet
DaisyHildyardWriter
DaisyMadden-WellsArtist
Dalide Saint PaulMusician
DaliBenssalahActor
DamienOunouriFilmmaker
DanGombosArtist
Dande la MottePerformer & Equity Councillor
DaniAbulhawaPerformance artist
DaniAndréeArtist
DanielLukesMusician
DanielGonzalesVeteran
DanielHammondFilm Maker
DanielJewesburyArtist
DanielaCiaBooking agent
DanielaHernandezMusician
DanieleRugoDocumentary Filmmaker
DanieleMinnsVideo, sound and live artist
DannyWebsterMusician
DarrenCullen (Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives)Artist
DarylBrownArtist
DashtiJahfarPhotographer
DaveSimmonsArchitect
DaveGriffithsArtist
DavidPrattMusician
DavidCollardWriter
DavidMumeniActor
davidsylvianartist/musician
DavidAndrewArtist and academic
DavidFalconerArchitect
DavidAllenMusician
DavidHoufekFirst Assistant Director
DAVIDAUSTENARTIST
DavidJacquesartist
DavidGoldenbergArtist
DavidJohnActor/Director
DeborahBurtonFilm & Events Producer (TPNS /Make Apartheid History Project)
DeborahHarveypoet
DeborahBurtonFilm and Event Producer
DebrisFacilityArtist
DeclanWelshMusician
DeepicaStephenActor
DericaShieldsWriter
DesWilliePhotographer
DiTrevisThestre director
DominicMuldowneyMusician
DonatoScaramuzziMusician
DonnaCanalePoet
DoronBen DavidMusician
DouraneFallMusician
Dr SalimHaidraniLiterature and Culture
Dr. Bernadette “bird”BowenAcademic, content creator, critical media ecologist
Dr. ChrisNunnAssistant Professor of Film, Film Producer
DrewMcDowallMusician
DuniaBoticMusician
DylanShirMusician
DylanReadPerforrmer and theatre-maker
DylanPailes-FriedmanFilmmaker
E.ÆyerMusician
EdAtkinsArtist
EddiePeakeArtist
EdwardTaylorArtist
EdwardBurrellArtist
EdwardBallCurator
EkinTümerWriter
ElNeylonTheatre artist
elainestirratActor
ElenaOnwochei-GarciaArtist
EleniIkoniadouwriter, multimedia artist
EleonoraCristinFilmmaker
ElianaBen-DavidRadio DJ
ElielJonesCurator and writer
elinorsollytheatre maker
Elisa NancyNataliMusician
ElisavetStamouArtist
ElizaLe Touzel TealePerformer and director
elizabethfullertonWriter
elizabethsalazarmultidisciplinario
ElizabethWoodroffeArtist
ElizabethMacnealAuthor
EllaLuciaFashion Stylist
ElleHongChoreographer, writer
EllenHillDesigner
EllenJonesWriter
ElodieGatacreArtist
EmanEl MesseryArchitect
EmiiAlraiArtist
emilyfitzellartist
EmilyBerrypoet
emilyfitzellartist
EmilyColipíCeramic Artist
EmmaFraserArchitect
EmmaPackSet Designer / artist
EmmaWilliamsArchitect
EmmaBarnabyMusician
ÉnyìOkoronkwoActor
ErgoPhizmizWriter, Composer, Theatre Director, Radio Playwright, Collagist
EriBarrettMusician
ErikMartinsoncurator
ErinAnikerIllustrator
ErinSempleArtist/Photographer
ErnieMaltbyArtist & animator
EstabrakJust EstabrakArtist
EstherMcDonaldArtist
EtienneQuartey-PapafioBand
EtzaliHernándezwriter/dj
Eugene Yiu NamCheungWriter
EvaVasileiouArtist – Art historian
EvangelineDel CisneMusician and writer
EveLeeMarketer
EveStaintonArtist
EverDundaswriter
FaisaIbrahimStage manager
FannyBéguélyArtist and filmmaker
FarahWardaniTheater maker
FarahAl QasimiArtist
FarahNanjiArtist
FarahEl ShapiniMental health student
Fatima berraOzyurtArtist
FedericaFogliaVisual Artist
FelixAburdeneProducer, Musician
felixtaylorartist and composer
FergusClarkArtist
FernandaMascarenhastextile artist
Fernando JoséPereiraVisual artist
FetteSansArtist
FinTaylorMusician
FineFreibergFilmmaker/ artist
FionaTHORNHILLCircus Artist
FionnÓ LoingsighActor
FionnÓ LoingsighActor
FlanneryO’kafkaVisual arts
FlintonChalkMusician
FloreCosquerProducer
FlorenceKoskyFilmmaker
FlorenceYoungArtist
FollettPennellmusician
FouadAbu-irshaidFilmmaker
FrancesBredenCultural worker, UdK Student
FrancesSharpeArtist
francescacognifilmmaker
FrancescaWayArtist
FrancescaLeoneArtists
FrancescoSticchiLecturer
FrancisWhorrall-CampbellArtist
FrancisGoodingwriter
FrancisO’ConnorDesigner
FranciscaCaboucofilmmaker
FranciscoParmaArtist
FranciscoGarciaWriter
frankcampbellmusician/actor
FreckhausLoreliaArtist
FrederikTollundMusician
FreyaTateMusician
FritzGoehringCook and literary critic
GabiZindGraphic Designer
GabrielleRodriguezArtist
gabriellebejanipainter
GailVida HamburgWriter
GamzeŞanlıMultidisciplinary Artist & Performer
GarethEvansWriter, Curator
GaryWilsonArtist, animator, filmmaker
gavinreptonFilmmaker
GeoffArbourneFilm producer
GeorgeLawrencePoet/ Filmmaker
GeorgeClarkartist
GeorgiaHarmerMusician
GerardOrtin CastellviArtist-filmmaker
GhalibLonePoet
GhassanAlabdullahDancer
GhazalHashemiArtist, Poet, Writer, Musician
GillyBoothArtist
GinaPrat LillyWriter
GisouGolshaniArtist
Giulia OttaviaFrattiniWriter and poet
GraemeArnfieldFilmmaker
GrahameWardMusic Programmer
GulliverWhitbyArtist
GuyWareWriter
HabdaRashidCurator
HadilHassanActress
HamadAltourahFilmmaker
HamishiFarahArtist
HanaAhmedFashion Design Student
HanenKiwanMusician / Producer
HaniZurobArtist
HannaFlintAuthor, Critic, Writer
HannahSaundersWriter and Artist
HannahWhiteArtist
HannahBorboletaActress
HannahCohenArtist and spiritual coach
HannahCalascioneTheatre maker
HannahRaymondIllustrator
HannahOliverFilmmaker
HassibDerghamMusician
HatemKiwanMusician and Filmmaker
haulgalleryartist
hayleycarmichaelActor artist all
HayleyTompkinsArtist
HazelDunnIllustrator
HazuanHashimFilmmaker
HeddwenCampbellArtist
HeidiAffiwriter
HelenTrewArts and Human Rights
HelenNisbetCurator
HelenaWeeArtist
HelenaGoddardArtist
HenryBradleyArtist
henrybradleyArtist
HeraChancurator
HestiaPeppeartist, writer
HetainPatelArtist
HettieMacdonaldFilmmaker
HettieJudahWriter
HilaryPowellArtist
HilaryO shaughnessyMulti disciplinary
HillaryJArtist
HimaliSoinArtist
HitohaKanieArtist
Ho-ChihLinResearcher/Writer
HodanYusufPoet, writer, actor
HollyAylettfilmmaker,writer
HollySlingsbyArtist
HollySummersonAnimator
HollyGrahamArtist
houaïdaartist
HumaMuljiArtist
HumeeraDarDesigner
HusamGhanayemWriter, human
HussamDalalActor
IditNathanVisual artist
ignaciomartin perezartist
ImamIslamProducer
ImogenCleverleyArtists
ImranaMahmoodCreative Producer
Industriaartist organisation
IndyRiverDesigner, facilitator, writer, organiser
Inésde Juana GarciaMusician / DJ
Inês VioletCoutinhomusician
IoanaAndreiWriter/Actor
IrisSalcedo GarciaMusician
IrisColombPoet & Artist
IsaShaw-AbulafiaCostume designer
IsaacMossArtist
IsabelZambelliBookbinder/textiles artist
IshbelMcFarlaneWriter and performer
IsobelHarperArtist and craftsperson
IsobelCurryMusician and event organiser
IwanLewisArtist
IzzyBrittainDance Artist & Poet
JackMonaghanVoice Actor
JackGuarientoFilmmaker
JackJelfsArtist & musican
JackieEllcockArtist
JacquiHamMusician
JagdeepRainaartist, writer
JaiVethamonyActor & Poet
JakeLynchNovelist and poet
JamaelWestmanActor
JamesWalmsleyCurator
JamesOldhammusician
JamesTowillisArtist
JamesClarksonArtist
JamiePotterTheatre maker
JamieMcCarthyMusician / Composer
JamieGillArtist
JanaLanghorstPhotography
JaneHodgeFilmmaker
JanisMackaywriter
JannahEmammusician
JarredBeelerMusician
JarvisCockerSongwriter
JasmineLuluStylist
JasmineImrenartist
JasonLivingstonFilmmaker, Media Artist
jeanfoncéwriter, dj
Jean-Francoisde LaperouseIslamic art conservator and artist
JeanneRobertsonArtist
JEANNELIOTTAArtist and Filmmaker
JehadAlsakkaIT engineering
JeniJlte TaygetaDJ
JennettaQuinn-BatesWriter
JenniferLauren MartinArtist Filmmaker
JenniferBaileyArtist
JenniferHowittWriter
JennyMooreMusician
JessNoyesActivist and model
JessicaTurtleMuseum director
JimColquhounArtist
JimmyLivingstoneSpoken word poet
JitaMitraDirector
JoPickeringArtist and writer
JoanneLimburgWriter
JoeyRobbinsMusician
JohnDouglas MillarWriter
JohnHazlettFashion Designer
JohnLedgerArtist
John PaulHurleyActor
JonKippsArtist
JonahSpindelMusician
JonahBirnsGraphic Design/Creative Direction
JonathanWatkinsChoreographer
JonathanCanArtist
JonathanMoremiWriter, Journalist
JoniMcLaughlinArtist
JordanCastleActor
JordanJacksonmusician
josephkamaruartist
JosephineKyanFilmmaker
JoshWilsonArtist
JoshuaMcFarlandDirector
JoshuaClagueArtist
JoshuaInyangArtist
JosianePoziArtist
JoyotiGrechWriter
JuanArrecheMusician
JuhainaMizanMusician, writer
JulesGulonMusic producer
JulianMcFaulTheatre and Visual Artist
Julie-YaraAtzfilmmaker-actor
JulietteEzaouiArtist
JulietteMotamedartist
JuneLamArtist and community organiser
JustinWongArtist
JustinKatkoPoet
JYMakPhotographer
KaiFordFilmmaker
KaiaAnsipArtist
KairoUroviArtist – Photographer
KaranGillActor
KarenMartinezFilmmaker
KarimLeoWriter
KarimKamarMusician
KarimMaalikiArtist
karisuptonArtist and Youth Worker
Karla MarieSweetactor, writer, director
KaryynTatoyancomposer/Music Artist
KateWoodwardCommunity facilitator
KateDavisMusician
KateSagovskyArtist (live performance)
KateJangraFilmmaker
KateThomasChoral singing
KateHardiefilmmaker
KathyPearlsonartist
KatieOrtonArtist
KatieTaviniAudio engineer
KatyaMansellMusician
Kazi AnoushkaRahmandancer
kazumakinomusician
KeithMcKennaTheatre Critic
KellyLargeArtist
KellyBallettArtist
KendaHmeidanActress
KennethGallagherArtist
KerricaKendallPerformer
KerryCroweArts editor
KetiaQueenDj
KevinBrodiePlaywright
KevinBudnikCartoonist/Illustrator
KhadijaFarahPhotographer
KhairaniBarokkawriter
KhaledKurbehMusician and Composer
KhoukhaHMusic programmer for a french radio
KimMooreComposer
kingsleyhutchinsonpoet
KirstenLloydcurator and art historian
KirstinInnedNovelist
KirstyAlexanderDance Artist
KitIngramWriter
KittyFurseArtist
KlaraKofenArtist
KrisBellArtist
KristinaO’ConnorMusician
KristoforCanavanArtist
KulwinderBajarArtist
KumbiraiMakumbeArtist
KyleNagouseArtist
KyleZeto ThorneArt Technician
KylieBrakemanTV writer
LailaWoozeermusician and writer
LaneWebberMusician/Actor
LaraGolzDJ (Golden Medusa)
LaraManwaringCasting director
LaraAnsellartist
LaraAngelimPhotographer
LaraBaksuArtist
LaraLaeverenzMusician, Filmaker
LaraSmithsonArtist
Lateisha DavineLovelace-HansonArtist, Writer, Embodied Social justice Facilitator
LauraHeymanArtist
LauraMulveyfilm maker and writer
LauraJonesArtist Manager
LauraMansoIllustrator and Comic Artist
LauraPoitrasFilmmaker
LauraJosephartist
LauraBenettonVisual artist
LauraHarringtonArtist
LauraBowelsartist
LauraBradshawComposer musician
LaurelHaloMusician
LaurenGilbertWriter, content creator
LaurenWilliamsVisual Artist
LaurenceFlintArchitect
LaurieOgdenWriter, Performer
LaurieGreenArtist
LaurieannAladinwriter
LaylaEl Odatvisual artist and singer
LaylaMadanatDirector and Producer
LeahMillarArtist and film-maker
LebogangMototoAcademic
LeeMcCulleyEducation Officer
leenadhingraWriter actor
leilaarenouartist
LeilaHassanartist
LeoFoxPainter and cartoonist
LeonardoCarvalhomusician
LeticiaSilvaArtist
LewieMagarshackPoet
LewisRonaldPhotographer
LewisHerizArtist
LiaBraswellMusician
LiamGallottiMusician
libitaclaytonArtist
LilaNoorActor
LillyWilliamsRecord Label Coordinator
LilyBestActor
LilyTonkin- WellsFilmmaker
Lily-RoseButterfieldPhotographer
LinaJonssonDJ
LindaDevoMusician
LindsayNicholsonArtist
LindsayFriendGallerist
LindsayBrandtvisual artist, creative director in music industry
LindseyWixsonModel
LineLangebekWriter
LisTomlinsonArtist
LisaOgun’Writer, performer, director, producer
LisaDarlingSinger
LisaGlazeArtist
LiselotteKlintArtist
LizLochheadPoet and Playwright
LiziSanchezArtist
LizzieSuarezArtist
LizzieRoseWriter
LoMoranArtist
LoganRussoWriter
LorenzoNariciMusician
LoriBarkerActor
LoriFelkerFilmmaker
LottieBowatermusician/artist
LouieWhitemoreDesigner
LouisMasonArtist/Writer
LouisaLyneMusician
LouiseChantalTheatre Producer
LuWilliamsArtist
LucaVincentelliArtist
LucaManningMusician
LucasMeliánFilmmaker
Lucas Chih-PengKaoFilmmaker
LucianMulcahyMusician, producer, studio collective co-founder
LucienHelyerMusician
LucyMilneArtist
LucyLopezCurator
LucyWoollettArtist
LuisaLe VoguerEditor
LuisaRiveraArtist
LujainaBeshrArchitect
LukeCollinsProducer
LukeRobertsPoet
LukeFowlerArtist
lukewilliamsWriter
LyanaRasipWriter
LydiaWongArtist
LydiaDaviesArtist and writer
LynnGaspardPublisher
LynnFultonArtist
MlewisArtist
MadalinaZahariaArtist and filmmaker
MaddieYuilleArtist
maddycostatheatre/writing
MadeleineSnowdonArtist
MadelineVisserArtist
MaggieRobertsArtist
MaggieNewlandsMusician
MaijaTimonenArtist, writer
MairwadMcCleanArtist/Filmmaker
MaiteDe OrbeVisual Artist
MalaNegmArtist
ManalIssaActress
MandyEggerdingTheatermaker/dichter
ManiaAkbariFilmmaker- Artist
ManuelOcampoPainter
MarcJennerFilmmaker
MarcusBernardCreative Producer
MareaStamperMusician
MarenJaureguiAnimator
MargheritaFabbriResearcher
MariBoineArtist
MariaVincentelliDance artist
MariaDe LimaArtist
MariaPetrideswriter
Mariatillartists
MariahWhelanPoet
MarianAbboudCommunity arts worker
MarianaKarkoutlySchauspielerin
MarieLidenFilmmaker
MarineSerpaultAgent
MarisaCulattoViaual Artist
MarkMangionArtist
MarkRaeDirector
MarkLaceyFilmmaker
MarkRohtmaa-JacksonCurator
MarkBleakleyArtist and choreographer
MarleyBrechinMusician
MarsSaudeartist filmmaker
MartaDyczkowskaVisual Artist
MarthaOrbachArtist
MartinZeilingerResearcher, curator
MartinCooperFilmmaker
MartinaO’SheaArtist
MartinaGiusepponePainter, filmmaker
MaryBenefielSinger, Artistic Director of Anam Cora Ensemble
Mary HelenaClarkFilmmaker
MaryamFischer Fazeliartist
Maryam MonalisaGharaviartist & poet
MasonLeaver-YapProducer
Mathew WayneParkinArtist
MattFordMusician
MattStrongeProducer
MatteoAlicimusician
MatthewMorganFilmmaker.
MatthewFullertheorist and artist
MaureenLennonPlaywright
MaxIxerScreenwriter
MaximaSmithArtist
MaySumbwanyambeWriter
MayaPiperaFilmmaker- musician
MayadaEltananyMusician, artist
MeadhbhMeadhbhParticipatory artist
MegMcwilliamArtist
MelHudsonactor and writer
MelindaBronsteinMusician / Artist
MelissaSimpsonMusician
MélissaLaveauxMusician
MenesZlatoperArtist
MennaHossamFilmmaker
MiaKennedyIllustrator
MicaGeorgisFilmmaker
michaelcassidymusician
MichaelLevinMusician
MichaelSheldonMusician
MichaelRosenWriter
MichaelMarriottDesigner
MichaelaCrimminCurator
MichaelaGerussiartist
michelneigenfindmusician DJ
MichelleTorresArtist
MichelleOhlsonArtist
MielgelListothArtist, Poet
miguelmigzartist
Mijkevan der DriftPerformance
MikailChowdhuryProducer
MilesTothMusician
MillieBrownArtist
MimeiThompsonArtist
MinLimfilmmaker
MineKaplangiCurator
MiriamHaiderWriter
MishaVertkinFilmmaker
MohamedGabalArtist
Mohamed-ZainDadaPlaywright
MohammadNamaziArtist
Mohammad ShawkyHassanFilmmaker
Mohammed HarunArsalaiwriter
MonaHashemiArtist, Filmmaker, Musician, Writer
MonaMatsuokaArtist
monikajaeckelartist-researcher
MorganeRyckelynckArtist
MostafaZaghloulMusician
MostafaAbdel AtyPhotographer
MugeYildiArtist filmmaker
MuhammetOkurIllustrator
MunesuMukombeArtist
MunroCMusician, Filmmaker
MunsefTurkmaniMusician
MuslimSisterhoodCommunity & creative agency
MussaverAhmedipoet
MutendeiWritesWriter
MuvelleMonsiurHuman
MyAnnaBuringActress
MyriamRajaDirector
NaceraGuerinVisual Artist.
NadiaAbdullahArchitect
NadiaHulettmusician
NadiaKiboutFilmmaker
NadiaDaouMusician
NadiaHernándezArtist
NadineKhawagaChemist
NaeemHayatActor/Director
NaiaBautistaDancer
NajlaSaidPhotographer
NanGoldinArtist, filmmaker
NancyPlattFilmmaker
NaomiFoyleWriter
NastassjaSimenskyArtist
NatashaJarvisFilmmaker
NatashaLennardwriter
NatashaMacVoyArtist
NathalieFarahWriter
NathanHardieWriter
NathanielMullenArtist and educator
NayraZaghloulWriter
NeeliMalikArtist
NeilBiswasWriter/Director
New Nobility(Australian band)Musician
NiallStevensonArtist
NiallTessier-Lavignemultimedia
NiamhNí CharraMusician
NickMillettPerforming arts
NicolaCoughlanActor
NicolaLeongAssistant Curator, ICA
NicolaChegwinActor and Screenwriter
NicoleJesseArtist and writer
NidhiZakaria EipePoet
NihalEl AasarWriter/ DJ
NikhilParmarActor, writer
Nikita SenaQuarshieWriter
NikkiTomlinsonartist
NinaDurbanArtist
NoëlBurchWriter/filmmaker
NoemiAlfieriWriter, translator, researcher
NoémieDucimetièreMusician
NomusaMakhubuArtist
NormanWalsheconcept artist
NozizweJeleWriter
NursiyaAbdulajidFilmmaker
OlavoTenorioArtist
OliveHardyArtist/Choreographer
OliviaVenusVenus in Arms
Oliviadu VergierArtist Filmmaker
OluwatosinDanijuPhotographer & visual artist
OmarEl-Khairyscreenwriter
OmarLaguerre-LewisPerformer
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Reflections on violence, oppression and a just peace

‘We all deserve liberation, safety, and equality. The only way to get there is by uprooting the sources of the violence.’ Jewish Voice for Peace 

‘I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, no water, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly.’ Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Minister of Defence 

Artists for Palestine UK responds with horror and sadness to the violent loss of life across Palestine/Israel, that continues as we write. We mourn every death. And we redouble our commitment to fighting for justice, respect and dignity for all people. In what follows, we share statements by international organisations that remind us of the context of the events which we are all now witnessing. We hope this will help to illuminate the root cause of the violence so that we may  formulate responses that are grounded in the ethics of genuine care.

Al Haq, Palestine’s largest Human Rights organisationsaid, in coordination with  Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: 

‘For decades, our organizations have warned against the status quo and the deliberate failure and unwillingness of the international community to address the root causes of the current situation in Palestine—namely, Israel’s settler-colonialism, apartheid, and illegal occupation, as well as the continuous denial of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to self-determination—and to take effective and meaningful measures to address them.

According to our preliminary field information, overnight, the Israeli military carried out several attacks against the civilian population in Gaza; destroying dozens of family homes, residential and commercial buildings, and wiping out entire Palestinian families often without issuing warnings. The situation on the ground is of such gravity that requires immediate and urgent intervention by the international community.’

In the US, Jewish Voice for Peace said in their statement, ‘The Root of Violence is Oppression’:

‘For 16 years, the Israeli government has suffocated Palestinians in Gaza under a draconian air, sea and land military blockade, imprisoning and starving two million people and denying them medical aid. The Israeli government routinely massacres Palestinians in Gaza; ten-year-olds who live in Gaza have already been traumatized by seven major bombing campaigns in their short lives. 

For 75 years, the Israeli government has maintained a military occupation over Palestinians, operating an apartheid regime. Palestinian children are dragged from their beds in pre-dawn raids by Israeli soldiers and held without charge in Israeli military prisons. Palestinians homes are torched by mobs of Israeli settlers, or destroyed by the Israeli army. Entire Palestinian villages are forced to flee, abandoning the homes and orchards and land that were in their family for generations.

The bloodshed of today and the past 75 years traces back directly to U.S. complicity in the oppression and horror caused by Israel’s military occupation. The U.S. government consistently enables Israeli violence and bears blame for this moment. The unchecked military funding, diplomatic cover, and billions of dollars of private money flowing from the U.S. enables and empowers Israel’s apartheid regime. Those who continue calling for “ironclad” U.S. support for the Israeli military are only paving the path to more violence.’

Independent Jewish Voices Canada, a grassroots organisation ‘grounded in Jewish tradition that opposes all forms of racism and advocates for justice and peace for all in Israel-Palestine’, stated

‘For decades, civilians in Gaza have been subjected to routine massacres, restrictions on electricity, medical attention and water, faced bombings and lived under a suffocating blockade. In the past year, Palestinians have been targeted by Israel’s most right-wing government in its history, which has escalated its attacks against them.

IJV calls on Canada to demand a ceasefire immediately. But that is not enough to guarantee a more hopeful future for everyone in occupied Palestine – Israeli apartheid, occupation and settler colonialism are the underlying issues that must be addressed in order to move towards a future for the region where all can thrive. If these issues remain unaddressed, we fear that Israel will not be satisfied until it has satisfied a bottomless desire for disproportionate revenge, as has been proven time and time again.’

If Not Now, a progressive Jewish American group, posted the following:

“We cannot and will not say today’s actions by Palestinian militants are unprovoked. Everyday under Israel’s system of apartheid is a provocation. The strangling siege on Gaza is a provocation. Settlers terrorising entire Palestinians villages, soldiers raiding and demolishing Palestinian homes, murdering Palestinians in the streets, Israeli ministers calling for genocide and expulsion. These are the provocations of the most extremist right wing government in Israel’s history and an emboldened fascist movement escalating this crisis across the land.

We absolutely condemn the killing of innocent civilians and mourn the loss of Palestinian and Israeli life, with numbers rising by the minute. Their blood is on the hands of the Israeli government, the US government which funds and excuses their recklessness, and every international leader  who continues to turn a blind eye to decades of Palestinian oppression, endangering both Palestinians and Israelis. Anyone who minimises or ignores this context will only be surprised as more blood is shed. We call on our communities to reconsider the knee-jerk militarism that has led us into this unfolding catastrophe.’

Ofer Cassif, member of the Israeli Knesset and leftist Hadash coalition, said in an interview:

‘We condemn and oppose any assault on innocent civilians. But in contrast to the Israeli government that means that we oppose any assault on Palestinian civilians as well. We must analyse those terrible incidents [the attacks] in the right context – and that is the ongoing occupation.

We have been warning time and time again… everything is going to erupt and everybody is going to pay a price – mainly innocent civilians on both sides. And unfortunately, that is exactly what happened.

The Israeli government, which is a fascist government, supports, encourages, and leads pogroms against the Palestinians. There is an ethnic cleansing going on. It was obvious the writing was on the wall, written in the blood of the Palestinians  – and unfortunately now Israelis as well.’

These statements provide the essential context which Western governments  have refused to acknowledge. Instead, they have rushed, once again, to “stand by Israel”, thus emboldening this extremist government and giving it licence to bomb Gaza on an unprecedented scale. They have given the green light to Israeli politicians like Ariel Kallner – Chair of Israel’s delegation to the EU –  who has called for a second ‘Nakba that will put 1948 into the shade’. 

In the face of the appalling threat of mass ethnic cleansing, we renew our call to artists to stand with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality in the land of Palestine/Israel. In the face of widespread dehumanisation of Palestinian people, we urge artists to use their voice to speak out against  Israel’s ongoing massacre of civilians in Gaza, which includes 326 children* since Saturday.

In the words of Jewish Voice for Peace: ‘we all deserve liberation, safety, and equality. The only way to get there is by uprooting the sources of the violence’ – which include the complicity of our own governments.

* figure for Wednesday October 11

Leading figures urge Imagine Dragons to cancel Baku and Tel Aviv shows


US pop group Imagine Dragons have been urged to drop Baku and Tel Aviv from their tour dates this month, over serious violations of human rights by the Azerbaijani and Israeli governments respectively.

Now prominent figures are calling on the band to act on their stated commitment to inclusion and human rights by cancelling the concerts.

Here is their letter in full:

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The Barbican, Censorship, and Anti-Palestinian Racism

Artists for Palestine UK is shocked at reports that the Barbican told a Palestinian artist to avoid talking about freedom for Palestinians. 

Having welcomed a co-founder of Palestinian station Radio Alhara to give a talk on “the radical nature of radio”, the Barbican reportedly instructed him to “safeguard the audience” by keeping his comments about Palestinian freedom to a minimum.

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Influential cultural figures around the world praise Barcelona’s suspension of ties with Israel

Actors Mark Ruffalo, Susan Sarandon, Viggo Mortensen and Alia Shawkat, authors Arundhati Roy, Naomi Klein and 2022 Nobel laureate for literature Annie Ernaux are among more than 50 public figures to welcome the mayor of Barcelona’s suspension of ties with official Israeli institutions. 

Last week, Ada Colau, the mayor of Barcelona (pictured above), announced the suspension which includes canceling Barcelona’s twinning agreement with Tel Aviv, until “Israeli authorities end the systematic violation against the Palestinian population and fully comply with international law”. 

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Leading artists oppose Barbican’s partnership with apartheid Israeli embassy

More than fifty artists, including poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah, actor Miriam Margolyes, DJ The Blessed Madonna and Turner Prize co-winning artist Tai Shani have called on London arts venue the Barbican Centre to end its partnership with the embassy of Israel.

The Barbican is due to host the Jerusalem Orchestra East & West this Sunday 5th February, in an event organised “in collaboration with the Embassy of Israel in the UK”. 

Writers China Miéville, Rachel Holmes and Pauline Melville are among those saying they “doubt the Barbican would have partnered with the South African embassy during its apartheid era”, citing reports by leading human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, that designate Israel an apartheid regime.

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Leading lights of British theatre accuse European Drama Prize of modern-day McCarthyism

  • Lifetime achievement award for Caryl Churchill rescinded over support for Palestinians
  • Withdrawal prompts major intervention by more than 170 actors, directors, writers

More than 170 actors, writers and producers have accused the jury of the 2022 European Drama Prize in Germany of “modern-day McCarthyism”, after it withdrew a Lifetime Achievement Award from renowned British playwright Caryl Churchill over her support for Palestinian rights.

The comments come in an open letter (published below, in full) whose signatories include Dame Harriet Walter (Killing Eve, Succession), directors Mike Leigh (Peterloo, Mr Turner, Vera Drake), Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Crown), Phyllida Lloyd (The Iron Lady, Mamma Mia!), and the National Theatre’s Dominic Cooke CBE.

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Campaign to silence rapper and campaigner Lowkey reaches new low

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, a trade union-organised ‘celebration of solidarity’, disinvited the pro-Palestinian artist following behind-the-scenes pressure.

In a summer punctuated by missile strikes and the targeted killings of Palestinians, Israel’s defenders in the UK continue to respond to critics with defamatory allegations and quasi-legal attempts to silence debate. We have now reached a new low: an artist disinvited by an organisation which has historically prized the right to free expression.  

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival is a trade union-organised ‘celebration of solidarity’, open to all those prepared to ‘stand up and be counted’ as defenders of workers’ rights. In culture and in political debate, it commemorates the Dorset trade unionists who in 1834 were evicted from their homeland and transported as criminals to Australia. 

The disinvitation of rapper and campaigner Lowkey from the 2022 Festival, following behind-the-scenes pressure, is a denial of solidarity where it is badly needed. Lowkey’s music has inspired and energised audiences, igniting an interest in issues of militarism, economic injustice, and Palestinian rights. It has also provoked attempts at censorship. Earlier this year more than 44,000 people, including actor Mark Ruffalo, musician Kae Tempest and philosopher Cornel West, came to the aid of Lowkey, successfully calling on Spotify to resist pressure from the lobby group ‘We Believe in Israel’ that sought to have him deplatformed. 

Lowkey has been singled out for continuous harassment. What also makes his case significant is that a leading part in the effort to ban him from Tolpuddle was taken by one of the largest unions in Britain, the GMB. Its General Secretary, Gary Smith, wrote to a Festival organiser announcing his ‘severe doubts’ about Lowkey’s appearance and implying that it somehow carried a risk of promoting antisemitism.

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Israeli filmmakers call on Locarno Festival to drop ‘complicit’ Israeli film

Israeli filmmakers and artists including Oscar-nominated director Guy Davidi and Turner Prize co-winner Tai Shani have urged Locarno International Film Festival to cancel its Thursday screening of an Israeli film due to concerns over its funding. 

My Neighbor Adolf was funded by the Rabinovich Foundation’s Israel Cinema Project, Israel’s largest film fund. Last week, Artists for Palestine UK revealed that the foundation contractually obligates filmmakers to undertake “that there is not and will not be in the film any presentation, statement or message that calls for … denial of the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state [or] marking Independence Day or the day of the establishment of the state as a day of mourning”.

The group of Israeli filmmakers and artists cited leading human rights organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Israel’s leading human rights group B’Tselem who have all reported that Israel, far from being a “democracy”, is an apartheid regime.

The filmmakers and artists added: “this regime of oppression was founded through the violent displacement and dispossession of most of the Indigenous Palestinian population. That the Israeli state, its complicit institutions and influential lobby groups would want us as Jewish Israelis to remain silent on this systematic ethnic cleansing is not surprising. But storytellers accepting such censorial and unethical conditions for their film projects is an undeniable form of complicity in covering up this ongoing Nakba that Palestinians face.”

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Israel’s largest public film fund attaches political strings to its funding

The Rabinovich Foundation obligates filmmakers to whitewash apartheid and ethnic cleansing

Since launching in 2015, Artists for Palestine UK has advocated for artists and arts organisations to refuse professional engagements with Israel’s complicit cultural sector. We have helped publicise much information in support of arts professionals taking these stands.

We have now obtained a full copy of the standard contract of the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts’ Israel Cinema Project that filmmakers must sign before receiving funding. Rabinovich’s Cinema Project is Israel’s largest film fund.

We are publishing an excerpt of the contract, which shows that the fund insists that filmmakers pledge not to acknowledge Israel’s apartheid or ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. 

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Service of thanksgiving for journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to be held at Fleet Street church

A service of thanksgiving for journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is to be held at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, on Tuesday 28th June at 11.30am. Doors open at 11am and the service is open to all.

Shireen Abu Akleh was a much loved and respected Palestinian journalist. She was killed by Israeli forces in May, as she arrived, wearing a clearly marked press vest, to report on an Israeli incursion in occupied Jenin. Her case has been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

St Bride’s has had a long association with the press, ever since the emergence of the first newspapers in London’s Fleet Street. It is known as the ‘journalists’ church‘ for its remembrance of journalists, especially those in danger or who have been killed.

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Leading artists demand accountability for Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalist

Pedro Almodovar, Susan Sarandon, Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, Eric Cantona, Miriam Margolyes, Jim Jarmusch, Naomi Klein and Peter Gabriel call for “meaningful measures to ensure accountability for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh and all other Palestinian civilians.”

*photo of Shireen Abu Akleh by AFP

More than a hundred artists, including Hollywood stars, acclaimed authors and prominent musicians, have condemned Israel’s killing of esteemed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

Actors Susan Sarandon, Tilda Swinton, Mark Ruffalo, Kathryn Hahn and Steve Coogan are among the signatories to an open letter calling for “full accountability for the perpetrators of this crime and everyone involved in authorizing it”. 

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Protect the Right to Boycott

In another attempt to stifle effective protest, the government will be bringing to Parliament new anti-boycott legislation in the coming months. With new laws put in place, it will become illegal for public bodies to use divestment and procurement bans against oppressive and corrupt regimes, or companies whose actions are destroying the planet.

As artists and cultural workers, and as citizens, we strongly affirm our collective commitment to boycott Israeli apartheid until Palestine is free, regardless of government legislation. This antidemocratic bill risks blocking campaigners from seeking accountability when institutions and corporations are involved in violations of international law. Artists for Palestine UK is proud to be one of more than 40 organisations which have come together in the Right to Boycott Campaign to oppose the government’s measures. Below is our Campaign’s founding statement. Please share it widely. 

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Artists’ Solidarity: against censorship, against dismissal, for Palestine.

Defend Alistair Hudson, Defend the Whitworth Gallery.

More than half of the artists participating in British Art Show 9 in Manchester have withdrawn in support of ‘political freedom and artistic expression in cultural institutions and universities across the UK’. Their letter is reproduced in full, below.

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Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo, and Gael García Bernal among those supporting Emma Watson’s Palestine solidarity post  

They’re joined by Jim Jarmusch, Peter Capaldi, Harriet Walter, Viggo Mortensen, Maxine Peake, Asif Kapadia and many others.

Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Jim Jarmusch, Peter Capaldi, Maxine Peake, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Coogan, Charles Dance and Harriet Walter are among the film professionals speaking out in support of Harry Potter actor Emma Watson.

Last week, Watson shared a post with the words ‘solidarity is a verb’ over an image that featured Palestinian flags. Widely praised, this message of solidarity also provoked the fury of Israeli officials. 

Now, more than forty figures from the world of film – including multi award-winning screenwriter and producer James Schamus (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Oscar-nominated directors Asif Kapadia (Amy), Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay) and writer/producer Oren Moverman (The Messenger) – have endorsed Watson’s message. 

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Emma Watson support for Palestine: Israel advocates increasingly desperate as public figures speak out

Artists for Palestine UK statement

We welcome Emma Watson’s statement of solidarity with the Palestinian people. It is another sign of a groundswell of change. Over the last twelve months there has been a decisive shift in global opinion. The facts of Israel’s system of apartheid have been recognised by Human Rights Watch and the leading Israeli human rights organisation, B’tselem.  Israel’s attacks on Palestinians last May were met with worldwide outrage. Farewells to Desmond Tutu, who defended Palestinian rights so passionately, have reminded us of the threads that connect the Palestinian experience to struggles for liberation everywhere.

It is a sign of the Israeli government’s increasing desperation that a simple expression of support for Palestinian rights should provoke immediate and baseless smear tactics from Israel’s former and current Ambassadors to the UN, Danny Danon and Gilad Erdan.

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Dear Black Eyed Peas: Where’s the Love for Palestinians?

Dear Black Eyed Peas,

We are a network of artists, musicians, filmmakers, writers and cultural producers who support Palestinian human rights. We are shocked to hear that you are scheduled to perform in occupied Jerusalem on November 29th.

In the city where you are scheduled to play, indigenous Palestinians are subject to constant state violence. The forced expulsion of Palestinian Jerusalemites from their homes is a war crime. In May this year, the Israeli army’s unprovoked incursion into the Al-Aqsa mosque injured over 300 Palestinian worshippers. Together these crimes ignited protests all over Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, only to be swiftly followed by Israeli F16s bombing the Gaza Strip – killing 260 Palestinians, 129 of them civilians including 66 children and 40 women. 

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Leading writers support Sally Rooney decision to refuse publication in Israel

Photo: David Levenson

Seventy prominent writers, poets and playwrights from several continents, have signed a letter endorsing Sally Rooney’s decision to turn down an offer with an Israel publishing house, describing it as

“an exemplary response to the mounting injustices inflicted on Palestinians”. 

Among the signatories are award-winning Irish authors Niamh Campbell and Kevin Barry; Rachel Kushner, Eileen Myles and Eliot Weinburger from the US; Monica Ali, Caryl Churchill, China Miéville and Kamila Shamsie from the UK. 

The writers say that in May this year Rooney was one of more than 16,000 artists who

“… condemned Israel’s crimes in ‘A Letter Against Apartheid’. Israeli apartheid, they said, is ‘sustained by international complicity; it is our collective responsibility to redress this harm’. ”

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Susan Sarandon, Claire Foy, Mark Ruffalo, Eric Cantona call for an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Palestinian human rights groups

More than 100 public figures urge the international community to protect Palestinian human rights defenders.

Musicians Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Jarvis Cocker and Massive Attack, film directors Laura Poitras, Jim Jarmusch, Costa Gravas and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, actors Mark Rylance, Tilda Swinton, Simon Pegg, Richard Gere, authors Philip Pullman, Naomi Klein, Irvine Welsh, Colm Tóibín and Monica Ali — are among dozens of high profile figures who have signed a statement [1] criticising the Israeli government for launching what they say is:

“An unprecedented and blanket attack on Palestinian human rights defenders beginning with the designation […] of six leading Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist” groups.” 

The statement goes on to warn that the Israeli military order that outlaws six “most eminent” Palestinian organizations in the occupied West Bank:

“…puts at risk not just the organizations themselves, but the entire Palestinian civil society and the tens of thousands of Palestinians they serve everyday.”

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The Whitworth Gallery, lobby groups, and the right to speak about Palestine

In response to pressure from lobby groups that seek to deny the basic facts of Palestinian experience, last week the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester removed a statement that formed part of ‘Cloud Studies’, an exhibition on environmental violence by Forensic Architecture.

We wholeheartedly welcome the gallery’s subsequent U-turn and the reinstatement of the group’s statement of solidarity with Palestine, within days, following public outcry and thousands of letters of protest.

We believe this case is instructive as to the modus operandi of the UK’s pro-Israel lobby groups. It also illuminates the damage done when UK institutions accept at face value the claims of some self-appointed groups to represent the view of an entire ethnic group, and are unwilling to acknowledge the political nature of complaints about Palestine-related speech.

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