MEDIA, FILM & ART
Professor Dabashi has been principal advisor for many globally recognized artists and filmmakers; most recently he was the chief consultant to Ridley Scott in his making of “Kingdom of Heaven” (2005, Fox Twentieth Century, Hollywood, USA), as well as Hany Abu Assad’s Golden Globe awarded for best foreign language film and an Academy Award nominee in the same category “Paradise Now” (2005), and Shirin Neshat’s “Women without Men” (2006).
Professor Dabashi has also served as jury member on many international art and film festivals, most recently the Locarno International Festival in Switzerland. In the context of his commitment to advancing trans-national art and independent world cinema, Professor Dabashi is the founder of Dreams of a Nation, a Palestinian Film Project, dedicated to preserving and safeguarding Palestinian Cinema.
As a theorist of trans-aesthetics (“art without border”), his articles and essays on the relationship between art and politics have been featured, translated to many languages, and published by museums and cultural institutes in Europe.
He is frequently consulted by global media on various contemporary and historical issues. He has been featured in, among other networks:
· UK: BBC, The Independent, The Guardian, London Review of Books, Times Higher Education Supplement and others.
· USA: NPR, CNBC, PBS, Voice of America, New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, The Jewish Week, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Z Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Review of Books, Public Radio International, Electronic Intifada and others.
· Germany: Deutsche Welle
· France: TV 5
· Italy: Rai and Orbit
· Australia: Radio Australia
· Argentine: Telefe
· Cuba: Casa de las Americas
· Canada: CBC
· Turkey: Hurriyat, Jumhuriyat, Birgun and Radikal
· Japan: NHK
· Denmark: DR TV and Weekendavisen
· Brazil: TV Cultura
· UAE: MBC
· Switzerland: SF-DRS, RTSI and TSR
· Europe: Radio Free
· Spain: La Vanguardia
· Portugal: Publico
· Egypt: Al-Ahram
· Lebanon: An-Nahar; Al-Adab and Morning Star
· Iran: Hamshahri, Asr-e Azadegan, Neshat, Sharq, and Kiyan
· Morocco: Al-Anbaa, Le Matin and Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM)