Live from Gaza, we are honoured to host the esteemed
Dr. Abdul Latif Zaki Abu Hashim on Wednesday, February 26 for the sixth installment of the Archives & Heritage for Palestin series hosted by
Dr. Jamila Ghaddar and
Tam Rayan.
Dr. Abu Hashim is a historian, intellectual, and researcher in Arab-Islamic heritage, particularly the history of southern Palestine. He is Director General of the Eyes on Heritage Foundation. Dr. Abu Hashim
has authored many books, research papers, and publications, including
Ithaf Al-Azza in the History of Gaza
(Study and Verification),
The Book of Historical Mosques in Gaza City,
The Diwan of Ibn Zaqaa (Study and Verification), and
The Catalog of Manuscripts of the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza. His latest book,
Ottoman Gaza, includes the records of the Ottoman Court of Gaza during the Ottoman period. It is considered an important source for the history of Gaza. He verified this book after obtaining a copy from the Damascus Library, a process that took four
years, making it a testament to the history of Ottoman Gaza during that period. In addition to these, he has numerous peer-reviewed scientific research papers and both published and unpublished articles.
Drawing on
Dr. Abu Hashim’s extensive scholarship and archival interventions, this session will highlight the real history of Gaza as a center of learning, culture, and history as captured in its archival heritage. It will also showcase the incredible
work that has been done throughout the wars on Gaza to safeguard the rich manuscript culture and archival heritage of the Strip, including over the last month as people began returning and resuming their archival interventions. Join us for this rare opportunity
to hear from people on the ground in Gaza talk about their work and how you can support it! This conversation continues our ongoing discussion of how we can champion Palestinian voices and Palestinian archival material to unsettle Zionist/Orientalist historiography
and archival domination.
The Archives & Heritage for Palestine series is a joint initiative of the Middle East Librarians Association, Publishers for Palestine, Archives & Digital Media Lab,and Fighting Erasure: Digitizing Gaza’s Genocide and the War on Lebanon project; and sponsored
by the Lebanese Library Association, CUNY’s Archival Technologies Lab, Library Freedom, we here, Interference Archive, and up//root.
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