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Researcher uncovers Palestinian photos hidden in Israeli archives

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Published: 14 August 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Israeli researcher Rona Sela has been researching and collecting missing Palestinian imagery to restore Palestine's history and culture to the public record

Why are countless Palestinian photos and films buried in Israeli archives? (Haaretz)
Palestinian photos and films seized by Israeli troops have been gathering dust in the army and Defence Ministry archives until Rona Sela, a curator and art historian, exposed them. The material presents an alternative to the Zionist history that denied the Palestinians’ existence here, she says (July 1)

Rona Sela on exposing hidden Palestinian history (Al-Jazeera)
A researcher of visual history, Sela uncovers records of Palestinian existence and culture hidden in Israeli archives (Aug 11)

Photo: Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni studies maps with his aides, including Kassim Rimawi. Body guards and other fighters are behind them (undated)

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