Isra Rahman

Aug 16, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Sam Stecklow |Isra Rahman |Andrew Fan |Layla June West

This story was copublished with the Invisible Institute. On May 4, students and organizers set up tents outside of the Art Institute of Chicago and hung a sign that read, “Free Palestine.” Following protests on college campuses across the country, the Gaza solidarity encampment formed to demand the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) divest from the Israeli government amid its ongoing assault on Gaza.

May 5, 2023 | southsideweekly.com | Isra Rahman

When I first heard about “Surviving the Long Wars,” a series of art exhibitions and events that opened with a Veteran Art Triennial and Summit in March, I was both curious and skeptical. Having lived through the events of 9/11 and the structural Islamophobia that intensified in its wake, I’m jaded about American portrayals of war and Muslims, and how quickly they fall into a ’good Muslim’, ’bad Muslim’ dichotomy.