Ameera Kawash

Dr. Ameera Kawash is a Palestinian-Iraqi-American artist and startup co-founder based in London.

Recent Articles
A security camera is seen inside the Old City of Jerusalem, October 14, 2022. (Anne Paq/Activestills)
‘The system learns to recognize you’: Amnesty calls out automated apartheid
Following major report, Amnesty adviser Matt Mahmoudi explains how facial recognition technology is bolstering Israel's control over Palestinians.
By Ameera Kawash May 2, 2023
Images of a cat generated by AI with the prompts "Palestinian keffiyeh" and "Dome of the Rock" (left) or "Jerusalem street" (center and right). (Ameera Kawash)
What a cat in a keffiyeh reveals about AI’s anti-Palestinian bias
Popular AI systems are reproducing the internet’s existing prejudices against Palestinians, creating new forms of digital erasure and discrimination.
By Ameera Kawash April 25, 2023
A digital mock-up of a keffiyeh in 3-D mesh. (Ameera Kawash)
The occupation enters the Metaverse
The advent of the Metaverse threatens to bring new forms of virtual exclusion and erasure for Palestinians trapped under Israel’s technological control.
By Ameera Kawash February 22, 2022
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  2. An Israeli professor plotted to massacre Palestinians. Social media rejoiced
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