The Erasure of Palestine

The Erasure of Palestine is the outcome of a three-year journey by award-winning 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.

Come and listen to Al-Bazz’s journey of making this book. In his presentation, the author will also reflect on his project in relation to the current escalation in the Gaza Strip, whose population is made up of 80% refugees from depopulated locations across Mandatory Palestine, many of which are documented in his book.

The book is brought to you by the Edinburgh-based publishing house Museums Etc.

Doors open at 2.30pm; event starts at 3pm and finishes at 5pm.