Since childhood, Mariam Salah, 22, has been passionate about movies, especially action and horror.
The daughter of Hasan Salah, a Palestinian filmmaker and theater director, it was perhaps inevitable that she would be curious about visual imagery and trickery.
Written with no hint of irony.
Naturally, the article blames Israel. Because, Electronic Intifada.
Israel’s more than decade-long blockade on Gaza has affected all aspects of life there, including for artists. And many of the very specific materials needed in the SFX field – from latex, to special glue, to leather masks – have fallen foul of a draconian Israeli “dual-use” policy that has even barred the entry of “writing implements”.
Yes, the people who made scissors sexy deadly again complaining about the “dual-use” policy being draconian.
Salah did not give up, however. She would use flour, clay and office supplies to substitute for materials she could not import and learned, through trial and error, what would work and what wouldn’t.
Beeswax turned out to be a good substitute for latex to imitate human skin, for instance. One of Salah’s first creations was made in this way – a wound on her brother’s hand that she posted on her facebook account causing some disgust to an audience not acquainted with such image fakery.
Again, written with no hint of irony.
But you can just imagine how these women are going to be put to work. And it is going to save the palestinians from ripping footage from horror movies.
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
