Jacqueline Reem Salloum is a Palestinian/Syrian American artist and filmmaker. She is the director and editor of the award-winning film, Slingshot Hip Hop, the first feature-length documentary about the Palestinian Hip Hop scene which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Salloum directed and edited Planet of the Arabs, an experimental short on Hollywood’s negative depiction of Arabs and Muslims through the decades. Inspired by Dr. Jack Shaheen’s book, Reel Bad Arabs, the short film was a selection at the Sundance Film Festival and has also been exhibited in art galleries and museums globally[1].[citation needed]

In 2017 Salloum was an Artist in Residence at New York University and taught the class, Memory Metamorphosis. Salloum’s art and video work have been exhibited in the US and in Mori Art Museum[2], Japan; Reina Sofia[3], Spain; Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Palazzo delle Papesse Centre for Contemporary Art, Sienna, Italy, Wallspace Gallery, New York and Void Gallery, Ireland as well as film festivals; IDFA, New Directors New Films, Tiff kids, DoxBox Syria and Beirut International Film Festival[4].[citation needed]

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  1. ^ ""Slingshot Hip Hop," documentary film directed by J Reem Salloum". Palestine Museum US. 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  2. ^ ""Go-Betweens" in a Minute (5)Suhel Nafar & Jacqueline Reem Salloum: Yala to the Moon - 森美術館公式ブログ". www.mori.art.museum. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  3. ^ "Actividad - Pero si sólo estaba actuando -". www.museoreinasofia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  4. ^ "2008: 8th Edition Awards". Beirut International Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-02-13.