Rosalind Nashashibi is a British

United Kingdom

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 artist

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 of Palestinian

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 descent.

Born in Croydon

Croydon

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, Nashashibi studied at the Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art

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, and as of 2003 is based in Glasgow

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. Much of her work consists of film

Film

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s of everyday life in urban

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 environments.http://www.xpatloop.com/articles.php?id=6181

The State of Things is a black-and-white film of old ladies at a Salvation Army

Salvation Army

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 jumble sale

Jumble sale

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 with a love song by the Egyptian singer Um Kolsoum on the soundtrack. The exact location of the film is unclear, and Nashashibi has said that many people, when first seeing the grainy footage, assume the women to be from some non-British culture or from an earlier time.

Dahiet a Bareed, District of the Post Office was filmed in the West Bank

West Bank

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 in an area designed by the artists grandfather. The film is of people playing football

Football (soccer)

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, having their hair cut and so on. Midwest and Midwest Field depict life in Omaha, Nebraska

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In 2003, Nashashibi won the Beck's Futures

Beck's Futures

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 prize, the first woman to do so, for The State of Things. Her work is held in the collection of the Tate

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