Speaker: Bahaa Al-Jubah
Wednesday, July 11 | 14:00 – 15:00

The Palestinian Heritage Museum – Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi Institution has grown into one of the most prominent museums in the region, tasked with representing the legacy and history of Palestine in the City of Jerusalem. Its current collection has travelled far and wide before settling in the Museum. Indeed, it is the very same collection of dresses and agricultural tools that laid the foundation of the Palestinian Popular Museum, which was inaugurated in the 1930s in the Old City of Jerusalem on the initiative of a group of Palestinians. Following the 1948 Nakba, the contents of the collection were moved and hidden in multiple locations before a collector found and donated them to Hind Al-Hussein, the founder of Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi.

Labour of Love exhibition distinguished items and dresses borrowed from the Palestinian Heritage Museum. Bahaa Al-Jubah, curator of Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi, will take us on a historical tour through these exhibits, narrating the history of museums in Palestine and highlighting their particular importance in the City of Jerusalem. The tour will also include the personal history of each item and dress, attesting to their ethnographic value.

The talk will be in Arabic.
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