Interview with Tamar Reva Einstein

In this interview with Dr Tamar Einstein, she talks about her work over the past 37 years transversing the boundaries between East and West Jerusalem, between the Arab and Jewish sectors, working as an expressive arts therapist. Over these years she has woven her deep beliefs in the power of art to transcend boundaries and bring communities together. She speaks of the current difficulties in the region and the attempts to keep working towards peaceful coexistence. In line with her work as an art-based weaver she talks about her dissertation research that focused on creating a multicultural coat with all the symbols of the land she lives in, including a Tallit (Jewish prayer shawl), a keffiyeh (Arab headdress), the Gay Pride flag, the Palestinian flag and the Israeli flag. Throughout the article she emphasizes art is her mother tongue guiding messages in her clinical and academic life.