The Erasure of Palestine

 

Photobook Presentation: The Erasure of Palestine with author Ahmad Al-Bazz.

 

A MuseumsEtc event.

 

The Erasure of Palestine is the outcome of a three-year journey by award-winning, Palestine-based photographer and filmmaker Ahmad Al-Bazz, who set out to document what remains of the hundreds of Palestinian villages and towns depopulated and destroyed during the creation and expansion of Israel from 1948 to the present.

Today, unmistakable traces of destroyed Palestinian communities haunt nearly every Israeli settlement, revealing not just a past catastrophe but an ongoing process – a continuing history of colonisation and removal. Combining visual evidence, field research and historical testimony, Al Bazz shows that what began as a single act of ethnic cleansing has evolved into a sustained strategy of occupation and erasure. Ahmad will present his experience of making the book and reflect the current escalation in the Gaza Strip - 80% of whose population are refugees from depopulated towns and villages across Palestine, many of which are documented in his book.

 

The book is published by Edinburgh-based independent publishers MuseumsEtc.

 

Ahmad Al-Bazz, born in 1993, is an award-winning independent journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker based in the Palestinian region. His work primarily focuses on Palestinian Israeli affairs and their real-world implications on the ground.