Round-table discussion - Focus "Permission to Narrate"

2025-05-23T12:00:00Z

Le Polygone étoilé, 1 Rue François Massabo, 13002 Marseille, France

Tickets: Free pricing without prior reservation (Caution: limited capacity) In partnership with Ma'an For Gaza Artists Round-table discussion moderated by Marion Slitine (anthropologist, teacher at the Beaux-Arts de Marseille and Sciences Po. Specialist in Palestinian visual arts and founding member of the Ma'an collective) In the presence of Marianne Barakat (director), Nada El-Omari (director), Monica Maurer (director) and Mathijs Poppe (director). Starting from an extract of the film “Palestinian Identity” by Kassem Hawal and from the article “Permission to Narrate” by Edward Said, both dating from 1984, Marion Slitine will lead a discussion with the guest filmmakers on the focus of this edition, their films and the necessary counter-narratives they impose in the face of a hegemonic discourse that seeks to legitimize the erasure of Palestinians and their culture. PALESTINIAN IDENTITY Palestine, Lebanon | 1984 | 38 min | Documentary In the year 1982 Israel invaded Lebanon and occupied its capital Beirut. The film is a rare example of a PLO film made after their departure from Beirut. It documents the burnt and destroyed cultural and educational centres from which Israelis stole films, photographs, historical and contemporary manuscripts. It includes interviews with key members of the Palestinian cultural scene such as Mahmoud Darwish, Ismail Shammout and those in charge of cultural and educational centres such as Anni Khanafani to present a sophisticated intellectual understanding of why Israel focused on the destruction of Palestinian culture and represents Palestinian determination to flourish on an artistic level and resist the attempts at cultural genocide. Director: Kassem Hawal Production: OLP