A People by the Sea
Narratives from the Palestinian Coast. 29 Sept. 2021 – 31 Oct. 2022, The Palestinian Museum, Ramallah. Historical exhibition with artistic interventions. Curator: Inass Yassin
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The Tanzimat (Reforms) period (1839–1876) was a time of fundamental transformation across the regions governed by the Ottoman Empire. These included the adoption of statutes concerning, inter alia, legal equality among Ottoman citizens, general administration principles, and the emulation of European administrative and organisational models. For Palestine, the most impactful reforms were the Land Law of 1858, the Vilayet Law of 1864, and the declaration of the Ottoman Constitution in 1876, which led to a change in the structure of Palestinian society and its relation to the state. This was manifest in the empowerment of local political elites, linking local markets to the capitalist world economy, and the displacement of economic and political seats of power from the countryside to the city. Consequently, the state compelled local rulers to relinquish their independent authority and work instead as civil servants of the Ottoman state.
Tanzimat
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Narratives from the Palestinian Coast. 29 Sept. 2021 – 31 Oct. 2022, The Palestinian Museum, Ramallah. Historical exhibition with artistic interventions. Curator: Inass Yassin