Marking the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, Qatar National Library has organized a symposium titled "75 Years since the Nakba: Archiving as a Tool to Promote Existence and Identity" in cooperation with the Khazaen Foundation for Community Archives.

Ikhlas Ahmed, Tour & Exhibition Officer at QNL, will firstly present a brief overview of the Heritage Library’s collection of items   related to the written history of Palestine.

In the webinar, Fadi Asleh, who specializes in writing Palestinian rural history as a parallel source for reading Palestinian history, will discuss the importance of archiving through the work of the Khazaen Foundation.

The webinar will discuss the value of re-collecting and re-reading archives with the aim of learning and consolidating strengths and developing projects directed towards building knowledge

About Khazaen: Khazaen is a community archive that documents people’s stories by collecting materials and short-term publications (brochures, flyers, invitations, posters, documents) in addition to photos from Palestine and the Arab world.

The Webinar will be held via Zoom with Live Stream via the Library’s YouTube Channel.

Date: 15 May 2023 

Time: 6:30 - 7:50 PM

Language: Arabic and English 

Target Audience: Public 

Seats are limited, please click the button below to register.