Connecting the Holocaust and the Nakba Through Photograph-based Storytelling: Willing the Impossible

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2023 edition (May 16, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3031272374
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3031272370
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.27 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.25 inches

This unprecedented ethnographic study introduces a unique photography-based storytelling method that brings together everyday Palestinians and Israelis to begin connecting rather than comparing their distinct yet organically connected histories of suffering and exile resulting from the Holocaust and the Nakba. Working with Palestinians and Israelis living in their respective Canadian diasporas who are of the Holocaust and Nakba postmemory generations–those who did not experience these traumas but are nonetheless haunted by them–this study demonstrates that storytelling and photography enable the occasions and conditions of possibility necessary for willing the impossible. That is, by narrating and then exchanging their (post)memories of the Holocaust and/or the Nakba through associated vernacular photographs, project participants were able to connect rather than compare their histories of suffering and exile; take moral, ethical, and political responsibility for one another; and imagine new forms of cohabitation grounded in justice and equitable rights for all.

Title :Connecting the Holocaust and the Nakba Through Photograph-based Storytelling: Willing the Impossible

Author :Nawal Musleh-Motut