Archiving Gaza in the Present

‘A truly incredible collection touching on creative work ranging from museums, architecture and poetry to graffiti, digital media and painting. A testament to Palestinians’ will to live and create even under unimaginably violent conditions.’ – Helga Tawil-Souri, Associate Professor, Department of Media, Culture and Communication the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU
‘This significant collection of writings allows us a glimpse at the devastating impact on the cultural landscape of Gaza during Israel’s genocidal war, and the crucial need to do all we can to support and champion Palestinian voices.’ – Daniel Gorman, Director, English PEN
‘Archiving Gaza in the Present will no doubt become a key reference point for a fundamental moral, political, historical and legal reckoning with what we have lost and are losing in Gaza today.’ – Anthony Downey, Professor of Visual Culture in the Middle East, Birmingham City University

Venetia Porter is an Honorary Research Fellow at The Courtauld Institute of Art and at The British Museum. She was formerly Senior Curator for Islamic and Contemporary Middle East art at The British Museum and the lead curator for the Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World, which opened 2018.

Dina Matar is Professor of Political Communication and Arab Media at the Centre for Global Media and Communication at SOAS, University of London. She is the chair of the Centre for Palestine Studies at SOAS, and the founding editor of the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication.

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