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Press Coverage

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2024

July - Diplomat Magazine https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2024/07/09/international-day-for-the-elimination-of-sexual-violence-in-conflict/thinking-of-you-alketa-xhafa-mripa-3/

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July - Sarum College https://www.sarum.ac.uk/art-religion-national-gallery/

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June - The Guardian Photo of The Day
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2024/jun/19/clothes-line-art-and-royal-ascot-photos-of-the-day-wednesday

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June - Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2024/06/29/the-constant-war-on-the-bodies-of-women-and-girls-across-all-conflicts/

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June - NRC (paywall) https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/06/06/honderden-jurken-aan-de-waslijn-elk-van-een-vrouw-die-tijdens-de-oorlog-is-verkracht-a4855530

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June - De Telegraaf (paywall) https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1083812528/jurken-symbool-voor-slachtoffers-seksueel-geweld-de-vuile-was-bespreekbaar-maken

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June - Kosova Press https://kosovapress.com/en/thinking-of-you-i-artistes-alketa-xhafa-mripa-hapet-zyrtarisht-ne-hage

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April - UK Government https://www.gov.uk/government/news/addressing-consequences-of-sexual-violence-in-conflict-through-art

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2023

Tique Art - https://tique.art/interviews/six-questions/alketa-xhafa-mripa

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2022

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National Gallery https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/stories/unexpected-views-alketa-xhafa-mripa-on-artemisia-gentileschi-s-self-portrait-as-saint-catherine

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October - Secondary Archive https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/alketa-xhafa-mripa 
 

July - Manifesta 14 https://manifesta14.org/participant/alketa-xhafa-mripa

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June - The Art Newspaper https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/07/25/kosovos-capital-pristina-bursts-onto-the-global-art-scene-with-an-ambitious-manifesta-14-which-is-more-hit-than-miss

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2021

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Unravelling Women’s Art CREATORS, REBELS & INNOVATORS IN TEXTILE ARTS

Author: P.L Henderson 

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2020

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June - BBC Greater Londoner Instagram Stand: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBAqn0oHQf0 

March - Our Bodies Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women by Christina Lamb

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2019

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March - Al Jazeera, AJShorts: Kosovo's Refugee Artist

March - Artpolis, Panel discussion: “Art as a protest against oppression”

June - Tate, A Walk Through Tate Modern on the Theme of Migration, Ishi's Light 2003 Anish Kapoor

June - Reclamation 99, Alketa Xhafa Mripa, Conecptual Artist // Activist

July - Shado magazine, Global Womxnhood, Artist profile

August - O Gocë magazine, Speaking Arts Language – Alketa Xhafa Mripa​

October - UN Women Kosovo, GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable; International Girl Child Day, STAMP IT! #YouAreNeverTooYoung

February - British Council / The National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina: Burrneshat

October - Europe House, A wonderful inspirational talk with Alketa Xhafa Mripa

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2018

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October - European Parliament, Artist Speech on the Power of Art as a way to tackle sexual violence during the war

October - Albfem, Alketa Xhafa-Mripa becomes the voice of sexual violence victims during that war in the European Parliament

August - The Guardian, 'I didn't want this to be a taboo", The Fight for Kosovan Women raped during the war. 

May - Dissident, Redeeming history from the dungeons of the past: an interview with Alketa Xhafa Mripa

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2017

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March 31 - TEDxAUK, Thinking of you, Alketa Xhafa-Mripa

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June - York Press, Fancy a brew? Passers-by sit down for tea with a refugee

June - Side Story, Artist and refugee: Alketa Xhafa Mripa, an interview

May - Women's Activist Museum, Alketa Xhafa Mripa 

February 22 - Fad Magazine, Who Are We?

January 13 - Peirene Press, Reflections on Paper

February 1- Sophia Belgium Gender Studies, International Cultural Responses to Wartime Rape: Ethical Questions and Critical Challenges

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2016

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October- Art Monthly 40th Anniversary Issue, Solidarity, Refugees Welcome

September 15 - The Huffington Post, Join Me in My Truck for a Conversation about Refugees

September 15 - The Double Negative, Britain Symbolises the Hope and the Welcome

August 4-  News Deeply, Path to Justice for Survivors of Kosovo’s Sexual Violence

June 18 - The Huffington Post, A Galvanizing Moment for Women's Rights

June 16 - BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour, Sexual violence in conflict and what can be done to help survivors, Angelina Jolie, Helen Durham from the ICRC and Artist Alketa Xhafa Mripa, Duration:14:36

June 24 - Ian Visits, Moving Stories: A Refugee Week Special Event

April 11- Women's Foreign Policy Group, ART AND ACTIVISM:
Speaking out on Sexual Violence during the War in Kosovo

March - London School of Economics and Political Science Department of Government, Confronting War Time Rape: The Power of Art in Kosovo

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2015

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July 10 - UN Women, Dressing Up a Soccer Stadium for Survivors in Kosovo

July 1 - Open Democracy, Wartime rape is no longer kept under wraps in Kosovo

June 28 - Shanghai Daily, Raising Awareness of Wartime Sexual Violence

June 20 - Art Parasites, Empathy: How to embrace turning into your parents, according to conceptual artist Alketa Xhafa Mripa

June 19 - Al Jazeera, If Dresses Could Speak

June 19 - Prishtina Insight, Wartime Rape: Kosovo's Enduring Tragedy

June 14 - Mashable, Dirty Laundry No more: Victims of Sexual Assault Get a New Symbol at Kosovo Art Exhibit

June 14- Colombia Daily Tribune, Kosovo art installation of dresses supports war rape victims

June 13 - Pink Blog Italia, Violenza Sulle Donne

June 12 - El Pais, 5.000 vestidos y faldas para denunciar las violaciones en la guerra de Kosovo 

June 12 - The Washington Times, Kosovo art installation supports war rape victims

June 12 - U.S. News and World Report, Kosovo art installation hangs 5,000 dresses on clotheslines to support war rape victims

June 12 - United Nations Mission in Kosovo, Thousands of skirts hung in Pristina Stadium pay tribute to the survivors of sexual violence

June 12 - Daily Mail, Kosovo art installation of dresses supports war rape victims

June 12 - Yahoo News!, Dresses line pitch of Kosovo stadium to condemn war rapes

June 12 - Associated Press, Kosovo art installation of dresses supports war rape victims

June 12 - Times Free Press, Kosovo art installation of dresses supports war rape victims

June 12 - CNS News, Kosovo art installation of dresses supports war rape victims

June 12 - Euro News, Kosovo Exhibition of Dresses and Skirts in Prishtina to Remember Women who Suffered Sexual Violence in Wartime

June  12 - New York Times, On the Line: 5,000 Dresses Transform Soccer Stadium in Kosovo Into a Venue for Addressing Wartime Rape

June 12 - Femmes Ent Noir Mon Brison, Des Robes Sur Des Cordes a Linge Rendent Hommage Aux Survivantes De La Violence Sexuelle au Kosovo

June 12 -  Reuters, Stadium of Skirts Targets Stigma Attached to Victims of Wartime Rape

June 12 -  Reuters, Editors Choice

June 12 - Daily Mail, Dresses donated by Rita Ora hang among 5,000 outfits pegged to washing lines for a powerful art exhibition in her home country of Kosovo condemning rape of women during the Balkan War 

June 12- Voice of America, Kosovo Art Installation of Dresses Supports War Rape Victims

June 11 - Quartz, 5,000 dresses in a soccer stadium help Kosovo talk about wartime rape

June 11 - The Guardian, Dresses on Washing Lines Pay Tribute to Kosovo Survivors of Sexual Violence

June 11 - Kosovo 2.0, A Collective Healing Among Skirts

June 11 - BT News, Why are thousands of skirts being hung across a Kosovo football pitch?

 

2008

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February 9 - Cunterview, Belgrade: Exhibition 'EXCEPTION' forced to close before opening.

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