"The exhibition centres on the deep, irrevocable relationship between Palestinian people and their homeland and features the work of eight image makers: Adam Rouhana, Maen Hammad, Jenna Masoud, Samar Hazboun, Kholood Eid, Sakir Khader, Zach Hussein and Dean Majd. The exhibition has been curated by the British-Iraqi writer and editor Dalia Al-Dujaili, who was invited by Gola Gallery to work on the show as a gesture of solidarity with the Palestinian people."
"The theme touches on the lasting weight and importance of land, from the 1948 Nakba - the forced removal of Palestinians from their land - to the continued, present day erasure and expulsion of Palestinians by Israeli forces. It also highlights the significance of 'land' to Palestinian culture and history and how interwoven it is with the very being of people who live upon it."
"It was important to curate Palestinian photographers representing themselves. Palestinian people do not need to be spoken for, but they do need to be given the space and platforms to share their narratives."
Dalia Al-Dujaili curated Ard: To Belong to Land at Galleria Gola in Milan, opening 14 December. The show features eight Palestinian image makers who present intimate, powerful, joyful and complex work. The exhibition examines the enduring, irrevocable relationship between Palestinians and their homeland, spanning the 1948 Nakba to ongoing erasure and expulsions. The project foregrounds land as central to Palestinian culture and identity, portraying olive trees as relatives and documenting tactics of ecocide such as burning groves. Gola Gallery invited the curator as a gesture of solidarity and the exhibition prioritizes Palestinian self-representation and platforms.
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