“Establishing a baseline for the study of maritime cultural heritage in the Gaza Strip.”

Review

“During the 2007 exhibition of Gaza in the Museum of Geneva, Fareed Armaly, a participating artist, attempted to distance Gaza from predominant discourses on conflict and devastation and highlight instead its cultural heritage through a series of interviews. Among Armaly’s discussions on the complex realities of the ancient port of Gaza, two comments attract attention. In the first one, Armaly (2008, 44) summarises common themes from the interviews, including that: ‘Directly adjacent [to Anthedon harbour] is the Shati’ refugee camp, heightening the pressures of construction, while the excavation’s proximity to the Mediterranean shore makes it vulnerable to erosion from the sea and looting by divers.’”

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