Artist and Poet Draws Attention to the Arab Spring and Refugee Crisis

FEATURING HANAA FETHI AL-WARDI – The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya, have been stains on the international conscience, particularly as they have given way to a refugee crisis of staggering proportions – a crisis that is only newsworthy in as much as it impacts European nations. In the midst of the tragedy were moments of hope during the Arab Spring revolutions – social movements that continue to be in various stages of success and failure. Today we’ll turn to a Southern California based artist and poet, Hanaa Fethi Al-Wardi. She is the founder of the Museum of Contemporary Arab Art. We’re going to take our camera to her new exhibit entitled The Wall and share with you how her art depicts and is inspired by the politics of the Arab World.

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Hanaa Fethi Al-Wardi,Arab American artist and founder of the Museum of Contemporary Arab Art.