They came to bury Cannes. With a resignation drama erupting on the eve of the festival, eternal complaints about too many boring films, too much confusion and not enough glamour, the critics had their knives out. But they were forced to eat their words.
Prior to 1948, Palestine witnessed little activity in the field of arts. What few attempts or experiments in drawing or painting that materialized at the time were amateurish in nature and had not developed into the professional or full-time involvement. This was due to the turbulent and unstable conditions which beset the Palestinian scene throughout the first half of the century.
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