Summary
Filmmaker from Emwas, forced to leave at two years old in 1967, who directed Emwas: Restoring Memories (premiered at the 2019 Boston Palestine Film Festival) and from 2009 rebuilt her village as a model from elders’ memories as a plan for return (Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, PDF p.175).
Details
- Abu Ghoush decided in 2009 to rebuild the village with the help of memories from village elders and the assistance of her sons, a labor of documenting the past and reconstructing the future (PDF p.175).
- Meeting an Eyewitness Palestine delegation in Ramallah, she anchored the conversation in decolonization and in Rana Barakat’s restoration with life instead of Museumification: “We made a model village as a plan for return” (PDF p.175).
- She distributed booklets detailing the demolition of Emwas and the refugees’ five demands, including return and rebuilding “regardless of any political solution” and refusal of compensation not linked to the right to return (PDF p.175).
Related pages
Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, Emwas, Canada Park, Museumification, Right of Return