Memory Trace
 

Traces

Each image corresponds to the site of a former Palestinian village that was either destroyed or depopulated during or after the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. In some cases they contain the testimonies of former residents

Deir Rafāt
31°46′21″N / 34°57′38″E
SŪBA
31°47′6″N / 35°7′32″E
Al-Lajjūn
Anisa Aḥmad Jāber Maḥamīd
LIFTA
31°47′46″N / 35°11′46″E
AL-BASSA
33°4′41″N / 35°8′36″E
DEIR YASĪN
31°47′1″N / 35°10′48″E
Al-Lajjūn
Maḥmūd Muḥammad Maḥmūd
BEIT DAJAN
32°0′13″N / 34°49′60″E
SALAMA
32°2′55″N / 34°48′18″E
NITĀF
31°50′15″N / 35°4′1″E
Eyn Jarrar
Jamīla Siddīq Nubāni
KAFR SĀBA
32°10′48″N / 34°56′49″E
SATĀF
31°46′18″N / 35°7′39″E
KAFR LĀM
32°38′15″N / 34°56′5″E
Beit Nūba
Fatima ‛Abdallah
BEIT JIBRĪN
31°36′27″N / 34°53′44″E
AL-QABU
31°43′40″N / 35°7′11″E
KAFR BIR‛IM
33°2′35″N / 35°24′50″E
Deir Yasīn
Munīr Khalīl Aḥmad Saber
‘AMQA
32°58′43″N / 35°10′2″E
JARASH
31°46′27″N / 34°57′31″E
BARQA
31°46′42″N / 34°41′48″E
Al-Lajjūn
Khadīja Ḥassan Maḥmoud
WĀDI AL-NISNĀS, HAIFA CITY
32°48′41″N / 35°0′8″E
‛ALLĀR
31°43′31″N / 35°4′49″E
‛IQRIT
33°4′32″N / 35°16′32″E
Beit Jibrīn
Aḥmad Al-‛Azze
BEIT NATTIF
31°41′43″N / 34°59′46″E
CITY OF AL-RAMLA
31°55′40″N / 34°51′57″E
AL-GHĀBISIYYA
33°0′3″N / 35°9′3″E
Kafr ‛Ein
Amīn Fuʼād As‛ad
BEIT ‛ITĀB
31°44′5″N / 35°3′11″E
KHIRBET HŌSHA
32°47′35″N / 35°8′37″E
UMM AL-SHŌF
32°33′12″N / 35°02′55″E
Deir ʼAbān
Na‛īma Muhammad Isma‛īl
AL-TĪRA
32°45′50″N / 34°58′36″E
QALŪNYA
31°47′39″N / 35°9′27″E
CITY OF JAFFA
32°2′12″N / 34°44′43″E
Rās Abu ‛Ammar
Nimir Muḥammad ‛Abdallah
DEIR ʼABĀN
31°44′35″N / 35°0′37″E
‛ATLIT
32°41′38″N / 34°56′19″E
TOWN OF BISĀN
31°36′26″N / 34°53′44″E
Al-Lydd
Zohriyya Maḥmūd Ḥanafi
AL-LATRŪN
31°49′52″N / 34°58′57″E
‛IMWĀS
31°50′23″N / 34°59′26″E
YĀLU
31°50′27″N / 35°1′33″E
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  • Memory Trace
  • Introduction
  • Poem
  • Traces
  • Map
  • Notes and Sources
  • Acknowledgements
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