It tells of war in the language of those who lived it, a language that is the bedrock of the evocative stories and testimonies of the children, women, and men who lost their loved ones. Their poetry in the face of death and their last wills and testaments amidst a world under the rubble and in monstrous detention centres: a world providing food that would not feed the smallest animal, let alone a human being; the endless lines for the bathroom; barefoot displacement(s); orphanhood; the desperate wishes to see their city from "above".

At the peak of this historical juncture, and as the massacres continue to escalate in cruelty and bloodiness, the exhibition documents the series of brutal wars on Palestine since the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate, through the Naksa and the First and Second Intifadas. It also documents the series of aggressive Israeli attacks and wars on Gaza since the year 2000, ending with the prevailing genocidal war. It does so by giving an overview of the repercussions of the blockade, siege and war.

The exhibition offers glimpses of Palestine's history and geography, tracing its image in the global imagination over centuries. This includes Palestine before borders, through the British military and Partition Plan under the Mandate, to its current reality: its fragmented map and the changes that comprise the history of Gaza from the time of the Canaanites, Romans, and Crusaders, all leading to the present day.

The exhibition showcases the sumood (steadfastness) of the Palestinian people by foregrounding their cultural and artistic heritage and the multifaceted expressions of their relationship with, and rootedness in, the land. A vibrant part of this heritage and roots is the development of music miming the exceptional attachment to a land they have inhabited for centuries. Palestinians have transformed music into rhythms for folk dance and dabkeh (Levantine folk dance) whose steps are inspired by a time-honoured legacy that begins with the land and ends with it.