{"product_id":"archiving-gaza-in-the-present-memory-culture-and-erasure-paperback","title":"Archiving Gaza in the Present: Memory, Culture and Erasure - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDina Matar\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eVenetia Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict does more than destroy physical spaces. It extinguishes lives, erases histories and disrupts the collective memory of entire communities. In Gaza, where genocide has wrought catastrophic loss, the destruction of heritage adds another dimension of devastation. Yet amid the rubble, acts of archiving, art-making and storytelling persist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchiving Gaza in the Present\u003c\/em\u003e brings together voices from Palestine and beyond to document the cultural erasure and to explore how creative and archival practices resist it. Contributions from curators, architects, artists, journalists, lawyers and scholars capture Gaza's once-vibrant cultural life - historic buildings, art centres, universities and museums that existed before October 2023 - now turned to rubble. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing rich visual material - from fragmented WhatsApp testimonies to forensic documentation - and including artworks, maps and photographs, \u003cem\u003eArchiving Gaza in the Present\u003c\/em\u003e is both a living archive and a call to action. It is a vital resource for understanding Gaza's cultural survival amid destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn partnership with the Arab British Centre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDina 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 \u003ci\u003eMiddle East Journal of Culture and Communication\u003c\/i\u003e. Matar is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat it means to be Palestinian: Stories of Palestinian Peoplehood\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNarrating Conflict in the Middle East: Discourse, Image and Communications Practices in Lebanon and Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e (with Zahera Harb). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVenetia 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. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eArtists Making Books: Poetry to Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReflections\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa \u003c\/i\u003e(with Natasha Morris and Charles Tripp), \u003ci\u003eHajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e (ed.) and \u003ci\u003eWord into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.7 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072373158189,"sku":"9781849250979","price":36.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/archiving-gaza-in-the-present-memory-culture-and-erasure-paperback-1982275.webp?v=1780165146","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/archiving-gaza-in-the-present-memory-culture-and-erasure-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}