Nahr el Barid
2007 | video | 9' 40"
by Ala' Younis
'Nahr el Barid' silently narrates the story of events that
I have lived through using keepsakes which I have carefully
stowed away in a small tin box. In the video, interventions
involving these memorabilia constitute a conversation through
which my intimate and shared memories are interrogated. Throughout
this dialogue, the very personal associations and meanings
that we continually construct around and attach to objects
are explored. Going through the contents of the box made me
aware of the extent to which violence, war, and displacement
have factored into my life, all of which are an integral part
of being of Palestinian origin in the Middle East. Upon realizing
this, the Nahr el Barid crisis, another conflict involving
Palestinian civilian refugees, broke out, inspiring the title
of the piece.
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