What is Emily Jacir?
'''Emily Jacir''' ({{lang-ar|املي جاسر}}, born [[1970]] in [[Bethlehem]]) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[artist]].<ref name=Farhat>{{cite web|title=Palestinian artist Emily Jacir awarded top prize|author=Maymanah Farhat|publisher=The Electronic Intifada|date=15 December 2008|url=http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10028.shtml|access-date=2009-03-15}}</ref> She uses [[movie]]s, [[photography]], [[video]] and [[performance art]]. Her work was first shown in 1994. Since then, it has been shown in [[Art exhibition|exhibitions]] around the Americas, Europe and the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beirutartcenter.org/exhibitions.php?exhibid=86&statusid=3 |title=affiliations:Emily Jacir |date=January 2010 |publisher=Beirut Art Center |access-date=18 February 2012 |archive-date=24 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024213946/http://beirutartcenter.org/exhibitions.php?exhibid=86&statusid=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is held in museums in [[Italy]], [[Palestine]], [[England]], [[San Francisco]], and several museums in [[New York City|New York]]. Jacir won the Golden Lion for artists under 40 ({{lang-fr|Leone d'Oro a un artista under 40}}) at the [[Venice Biennale]] in October 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/biennale/news/en/78606.html |title=La Biennale di Venezia Golden Lions in 2007 |access-date=2012-08-21 |archive-date=2016-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108052515/http://www.labiennale.org/en/biennale/news/en/78606.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://majnouna.blogspot.com/2007/10/leone-doro-golden-lion.html October 20 2007 Golden Lion]</ref><ref>Maymanah Farhat; [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10028.shtml Palestinian Artist Emily Jacir Awarded Top Prize]</ref> She also won the [[Prince Claus Awards|Prince Claus Award]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/princeclausawardemilyjacir.shtml |title=2007 Prince Claus Award, Emily Jacir, Palestine |access-date=2012-08-21 |a