the artist and filmmaker emily jacir.he was scheduled to speak at any event in berlin, germany, in october but her appearance was canceled. she is the recipient of prestigious awards including a golden lion at the venice biennale, a prince claus award from the prince claus fund in the hague, the hugo boss prize at the guggenheim museum, and most recently, she won an american academy of arts and letters prize and received an honorary doctorate from ncad in dublin, ireland. she is the founding director of dar yusuf nasri jacir for art and research in bethlehem. welcome to democracy now! it is very good to have you with us. can you talk about what has happened to you -- actually, not here in the united states but in berlin, germany? >> thank you, amy, for having the on your show. it is a pleasure to be here. i also would like to begin by expressing my solidarity for samia and the loss of her show but also for the curator elliott . he spoke to be at length about this exhibition so i was quite excited about it. i was slated to