The Right to See

Palestine | 2022 | 7 min | Documentary By reworking images from Google Maps, among other sources, Mahmoud Alhaj recounts the isolation caused by the policies of the Israeli occupation —symbolized by the apartheid wall and the siege of the Gaza Strip—which represent direct violence towards the Palestinians, geography and his rights as a human. A film by Mahmoud Alhaj Mahmoud Alhaj (born in 1990 in Gaza) is a visual artist whose practice in photography and experimental video is built on a direct engagement with memory, systems of oppression, and the architecture of violence. Trained in journalism, he dismantles military archives and low-resolution imagery, rebuilding them into narratives that challenge official records. In 2024, Alhaj was awarded an IIE Artist Protection Fund Fellowship and a PAUSE program grant, which led to his current residency at Avignon University. His work has been featured in numerous international festivals, including FIDMarseille (Special Mention, 2025), as well as in exhibitions and residencies across Europe, the Middle East, and North America.