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SBS Australia
5 hours ago
- General
- SBS Australia
Israel is investigating as Gazans were killed trying to access aid
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SBS Australia
10 hours ago
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- SBS Australia
Newsflash: 2 June 2025
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Web Release
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Web Release
The War Series, Ahmad Kasha , Solo Exhibition , Presented by Fann A Porter in collaboration with Ayyam Gallery
With an experimental, uncanny use of color, Kasha's paintings possess a tableau-like quality—reminiscent of theatrical scenes—where scale is exaggerated and figures loom large. Depicting five panels of distorted pink flamingos and flesh forms arriving on a shore, Season of Migration to the North (2019–2025) stands out as a significant works in the series—not only for its imposing scale, but for its thickly layered oil and acrylic application, frantic brushwork, and dizzying detail. The result is a scene that feels both frozen and frenzied, a moment suspended between stillness and mania. Painted over four years, the piece functions like a timestamp, capturing the artist's shifting emotions. The War Series is inspired by key moments in the history of war imagery, spanning from ancient to modern times. Kasha references prehistoric cave drawings, Pharaonic depictions of the Battle of Kadesh, Assyrian reliefs like The Dying Lioness, the Palmyrene sculpture Lion of Al-L?t, and Trajan's Roman columns. He draws from Renaissance works such as Uccello's dramatic battle scenes, and modern interventions, Goya's Disasters of War, Picasso's Guernica, and the brutal, unflinching works of Otto Dix, Chaim Soutine, and Georg Baselitz. Kasha is also deeply influenced by his mentor, Leila Nseir, whose emotionally resonant and expressive techniques have profoundly shaped his introspective practice. Symbolism plays a vital role in Kasha's compositions. Recurring motifs such as plants, birds, and embryos serve as metaphors for life and renewal. Amid the chaos, these figures affirm existence and the resilience of the human spirit. His works confront the dualities of existence- war and peace, beauty and brutality, hope and despair. This tension invites reflection, where Kasha's art acts as both protest and witness, destruction and renewal.
SBS Australia
4 days ago
- General
- SBS Australia
Newsflash: 29 May 2025
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Shafaq News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Damascus, Kurdish authorities to resume talks on power-sharing
Shafaq News/ Self-Administration's Dialogue Committee in northeastern Syria (AANES) and the Syrian government are set to launch a new round of negotiations on May 30, a source revealed to Shafaq News on Wednesday. The Self-Administration's dialogue committee includes Kurdish, Arab, Syriac, and Assyrian representatives from Kurdish-majority regions as well as the provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. The committee's visit aims to lay the groundwork for advancing the agreement reached between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi and Syrian transitional President Ahmad Al-Sharaa on March 10. According to the source, the negotiation agenda will cover topics related to the Self-Administration's institutions, including public services, economy, and education in the areas under AANS control. Meanwhile, Kurdish political leaders, including those from the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdish National Council (ENKS), have endorsed a joint vision for regional federalism, which they plan to present during upcoming talks in Damascus. While Al-Sharaa has rejected proposals for autonomous cantons, Kurdish negotiators insist that decentralization and constitutional guarantees for Kurdish-led security forces are essential to any lasting political settlement. Badran Jia Kurd, an advisor to AANES, told AFP this week that there can be 'no compromise' on the demand for decentralized pluralism in Syria's political system. The dialogue with the interim Syrian government is ongoing, he affirmed, noting that it addresses 'complex files,' and requires 'greater confidence-building between the two sides than ever before.'
