Palestine, Imprints and Visions

Palestine, Imprints and Visions: Approaches to Histories of the Future is the first of a two-part series, based on the research of seven Palestinian scholars presented at the Palestinian Museum’s fourth annual conference Spanning Palestinian Cultural History: New Perspectives. The publication encompasses three key themes: the Palestinian coast from the late Ottoman period to the present, the history of printing in Jerusalem and contemporary perspectives on Palestinian culture, from activism to futurism.

The text offers insights into pre- and post-Nakba Palestinian history and cultural production, including the economic, administrative and touristic links between the country’s port and mountain cities. It examines the global reach of the Palestinian press network, alongside new writing on Palestinian and Arab Futurism through the power of graffiti commemorations to inspire affective struggle. The edition incorporates diverse research methodologies, to question commonly held notions of western historicity. They frame the act of reading as an imaginative, multi-dimensional process informed by the perspectives and impressions of others.

The publication includes contributions from Abbad Yahya, Adey Almohsen, Ahmad Amara, Ahmad Ezzeddin As’ad, Jamal Nabulsi, Leila Abdelrazaq, Rania Jawad and Nadi Abusaada.

Palestine, Imprints and Visions: Approaches to Histories of the Future is a publication resulting from scholarship and lectures presented at the Palestinian Museum’s fourth annual conference Spanning Palestinian Cultural History: New Perspectives. Edited and composed by the Museum, Sharjah Art Foundation collaborated on this book through editorial, design, production and distribution support. Additional mention and thanks to Omar and Ghalia Al-Qattan for their support of this initiative.