Support Nakba Museum Project of Memory and Hope
We want to bring the Palestinian refugee story to Washington DC
The Nakba Museum Project of Memory and Hope aims to finally tell the Palestinian refugee story, one that has been silenced or ignored for too long. By creating a virtual and physical space to feature these stories, using arts, films and oral history. We launched our project in June 2014 and have received enormous encouragement and engagment. Now we need your support!Our space is committed to being nonpolitical and nonpartisan. It’s simply tells the human story to build deeper understanding of the current impasse, and be a venue for critical conversations for change.
Help us making our opening exhibit “RECLAIMING THE LOST FUTURE” a reality, 12 – 27 June 2015
Our opening exhibit will feature art work from Palestinian refugees and other Eye Witness testimonies, documentaries, stories, and writings from the region that would tell their story of loss and resilience. The exhibit will feature three segments:
Photography which will include historical photos before the period of 1948 and photos of refugees leaving their lands and villages and others from present day life.
The second segment will be painting from artists who are still living in refugee camps to this day allowing them to tell their own personal stories and what it feels and looks like to live in a refugee camp.
The third segment will be oral history, interviews with refugees and documentaries about the Nakba.
The space that we will be located in, is the Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road Northwest, downtown Washington DC and will build momentum for creating the full museum. The exhibit to be FREE and open to the public.
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