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Using colors to tell the story of Palestinians and their unending fight for survival Updated 07 June 2021 June 06, 2021 23:00 JEDDAH: People around the world are using art to talk about the latest events in East Jerusalem and Gaza, with artists using their creativity to express solidarity with the oppressed and stand against injustice. These conversations are taking place across borders, language and cultures, and artists are launching individual or collective initiatives to keep this dialogue going. Madinah-based Lujain Ibrahim (@llujaiin) is an up-and-coming artist who is experimenting wit...

THE STANDARD WORLD The man in the famous laughing meme, identified as Spanish comedian Juan Joya Borja ( pictured), is dead. Juan, widely known by his nickname El Risitas, died aged 65 following what local media described as a sudden relapse in his health. He died on Wednesday afternoon at the Virgen de Rocio University Hospital. El Risitas, which in loose translation means giggles, became world-famous in 2014 when netizens started adding subtitles to a video of him laughing while co-hosting a show from 2007. Speaking in the 2007 show, Juan was narrating how he once worked in a kitchen but...