Thaer Zuabi
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Thaer Zuabi received his B.F.A in Cinema and TV from Tel-Aviv University, then worked in the film industry for 4 years in various roles; Production assistant, 1st Assistant Director, and a director of two shorts, ‘You for a mother’ and ‘Satisfaction’, which were premiered in The Jerusalem International Film Festival and Festivals around the world. He was awarded a Chevening scholarship to study MA in Feature Film in 2005 in Goldsmiths, University of London, Media and Communication Department, where he worked on a full feature film script titled ‘Gifted’. He is now a PhD candidate in Goldsmiths, working on his practice based PhD titled ‘aesthetics of remediating the self through interactive walking’. He presented ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ a video work in Site^Insight exhibition in May 2006, Venice, Italy and collaborated on ‘Leaving Room’ an Installation in Istanbul 2007. In 2008-2009 he produced and wrote two documentaries: ‘WE7’ and ‘Anonymous Soldiers’. Last year Thaer directed ‘Rebellious Chant’ a documentary, which was screened on Aljazeera Documentary Channel.