Karmel Sabri is a socially engaged Palestinian artist, organizer, and designer based between the US and Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her work with installation, printmaking, parties, and public interventions seek to beg the endless question of Palestine in an alternative lens which celebrates culture and fosters meaningful discussion. Sabri explores the concept of celebration as a method of resistance through her organization, Dear Gaza 501(c)(3), which curated programming from 2015 to 2019, most notably through an annual block party in Minneapolis that provided a platform for artists, chefs, dancers, and musicians to engage in a public celebration of Palestinian culture in a context that had never been imagined before. Her programming has been supported by the Walker Art Center, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Sabri was also a Jerome resident at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis from 2019 to 2020.

Sabri has an obsession with designing environments for community space. Her identity as a Palestinian incites a need to investigate settler colonialism, displacement, resistance, and generational trauma in a visceral way. This manifests in the creation of installations, workshops, and parties. She explores the alternative model of “political parties”, which embrace celebration as a method of resistance through events. Since 2015, she has hosted a series of collaborative festivals, dance parties, and workshops that act as educational community platforms to celebrate the beautiful and resilient diasporic solutions that unite the plight of people everywhere.