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Listen to an interview with Yasmeen Abdallah, NYC based artist and community activist. Yasmeen speaks about her practice working with community arts groups to oppose gentrification and present collective challenges to the housing crisis in NYC that is being propelled by the extreme pressures of real estate capital in the city. Yasmeen also speaks about her own artistic practices, including sculpture and work that involves reflections + engagements with found objects.

Info on Yasmeen's work here:
https://yasmeenabdallah.com

This interview was recorded in July 2022 in Brooklyn, NYC by Stefan @spirodon Christoff Each month Stefan contributes an interview to @radioalhara.

Accompanying music on this broadcast is by @jeremyroyaledit from the album Amaro, out via @thirsty_leaves_music, info: https://jeremyyoung.bandcamp.com