BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

2008

Encyclopedia of Arab-American Artists: Artists of the American Mosaic, by Fayeq S. Oweis, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT

Artistas Palestinas: La Tierra = El Cuerpo = La Narrativa, Reem Fadda, Ed., Palestinian Art Court- Al Hoash and Spanish Consulate General and Fundacion Tres Culturas, Jerusalem

2005

Transnational Artists: Arab American Artists Remapping the Boundaries of Art , by Salwa Mikdadi in Neighbours in Dialogue, edited by Beral Madra and Ayse Orhun Gultekin, Norgunk Publishing, Istanbul

2004

Made in Palestine, exhibition catalog by James Harithas, et al., Ineri Publishing, Houston, TX

2001

American-Arab Artists and Multiculturalism in America, by Salwa Mikdadi Nashashibi, in Displacement and Difference: Contemporary Arab Visual Culture in the Diaspora, edited by Fran Lloyd, Saffron Press, London

REVIEWS AND CATALOGS

2008

Al-Siyasah Athaqafiya, Kuwait. March 3, by Abed. p. 33, Mary Tuma Migrates from Color to Black: I try to highlight heroism of Palestinian Women

Al Khaleej Al Thaqafi (Gulf Culture) Kuwait. February 25. Title not yet translated

NY Arts, NY. July/August, by Andrzej Lawn. Made in Palestine

Art in America, September, by Kathy Zarur. Looking at the Levant

Charlotte Woman, NC. May. pg. 91

ArteEast (website), NY. By Jessica Wright. Palestinian Art: Moving in from the Margins

Workers World, NY. April 23, by Charlotte Kates. Thousands turn out to view “Made in Palestine” exhibit

Columbia Daily Spectator, New York. March 21, by Iggy Cortez. Exploring Palestinian Identity with Mixed Media

Carolina Arts, NC. March. Trizec Properties in Charlotte, NC, Offers Exhibition at Bank of America Plaza

The New York Times, NY. March 24, Page B29. Art in Review, by Holland Cotter. Made in Palestine: Contemporary Palestinian Art

2005

Vermont Woman, Vol. 3, Number 3, December, by M. Fifield and M. Michniewicz. Made in Palestine: Meditations on Truth

Seven Days: Vermont’s Alternative Webweekly, October 26, by Kevin J. Kelley. Looking Homeward

Counterpunch Magazine (online), October 24, by Kathleen and Bill Christison. A Struggle for Palestinian Identity: US Foreign Policy and Palestine

The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT. October 21, by Anne Galloway. Palestinian artists bring plight of their people to Montpelier

Dar Al-Hayat, London, UK. October 17, By Maymanah Farhat. Mary Tuma: Dancing Girls, Passages and Homes for the Disembodied

Counterpunch Magazine, April 8, by Rob Eshelman. Made in Palestine: The first exhibition of contemporary Palestinian art in the United States arrives in San Francisco

Bidoun: Arts and Culture from the Middle East, NY. Autumn, pp. 140-141, by Alison Bing. Made in Palestine: The Show Behind the Headlines

Mother Jones Magazine (online), May 11, by Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Made in Palestine

Al Jazeera (English edition), April 20, by Linda Isam Haddad. Palestine US exhibit stirs controversy

Bay Area Guardian, CA. April 5, by Robert Avila. History in the Waking

The Daily Star, April 5, by Ramsay Short. Palestinian Artists create facts on the ground in America

San Francisco Chronicle, CA. April 3, by Jonathan Curiel. Unknown Face of Palestinian Art

2004

The New York Times, NY. November 21, by Peter Applebome/Our Towns, Page 30. Palestinians, Jews and the Art of Getting Bent Out of Shape

Al Damir A Conciencia, Santiago, Chile. July, No. 35, by Ingy El Telawi Kanj, pp. 18-20. Palestina a trave’s del arte: Mary Bahji Tuma—Una forma de despertar la conciencia

Mobile Register, AL. October 1, by Thomas B. Harrison. Are artists liberal by default?

Flagpole, Athens, GA. February 25, By Debbie Michaud, p. 13. Piece Process: ATHICA Exhibit Explores Conflict and Peace in the Middle East

Marquee-Athens Banner-Herald, GA. January 22-28, By Melissa Link (cover story, inside cover, centerfold pp. 1, 2, 8-9). Piece Process: ATHICA exhibit explores Israeli-Palestinian issues

Marquee-Athens Banner-Herald, January 15-21, p. 3. announcement of show with b/w of piece and two descriptive paragraphs. From Around the World

2003

Revolutionary Worker, November 30, No. 1221 (Vol 25 No. 26) pages 8-9. The Artists of “Made in Palestine”

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November, Vol. XXII, No. 9, by Delinda C. Hanley. “Made in Palestine”: A Stirring Art Exhibit Rocks Houston and Hits the Road

Artlies, Summer 2003, No. 39, by Ileana Marcoulesco, pages 78-79. Houston Review: Made in Palestine-Station

The Christian Science Monitor, Wednesday, May 28, By Kris Axtman An. artistic “road map” to progress: In a Palestinian art show in Houston, some see a promise beyond pictures

Artlife Limited Editions, Vol. 23, Issue No. 248. Contains Made in Palestine catalog

Houston Chronicle, TX. May 17, by Patricia C. Johnson. Stirring Exhibit Gathers Political Statements, Personal Narratives, All “Made in Palestine"

Art Papers, Atlanta, GA. May/June edition, by Robin Dana.

Marquee, Athens, GA. Jan. 16-22, by Mary Jessica Hammes. Anatomical explorations: ATHICA show focuses on the what’s inside us

2000

Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC. December 2, by Linda Luise Brown. Memento Mori: Images of Bloody Conflict Hit Close to Home

Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC. November 18, by Linda Luise Brown. Best in Show: Women Add Strength to Current Art Scene

Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC. September 16, by Linda Luise Brown. Holding the Fort (UNC Charlotte Faculty Exhibition Review)

Al-Ayyamm, Ramallah, West Bank. August 10, by Tahseen Yaqeen. Mary Tuma: Structural Art in a Vacuum (Arabic)

Al-Quds, Jerusalem. August 4, by Mohammed Abu-Khader. Clothing the Land, Dressing the Bones (Arabic)

7th International Shoebox Exhibition Catalog

1999

The Jordan Star, Amman, Jordan. August 5, by Ghassan Joha. Mary Tuma’s Installations: Personifying Feminism through Artworks

The Charlotte Observer, NC. People Column, October 3. Mary Bahjah Tuma’s art is in Pittsburgh exhibition

September Exhibition and Competition Catalog (CD)

Fiberart International ’99 Exhibition Catalog

1994

Tucson Citizen, AZ. September, by Charlotte Lowe. UA showing a body of work

Tucson Citizen, Tucson, AZ. April, by Charlotte Lowe. UA student art show nervy