Forgotten: Palestine's Lost Memorials

This event will take place in the British Library Knowledge Centre Pigott Theatre and is also available to watch online. Tickets may be booked to attend in person, or to watch on our platform either live or during the next 7 days on catch up. Viewing links for the online version will be sent out in the confirmation email you receive after booking. 
 
Forgotten is a search for hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on the small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. From ancient city ruins to the Nabi 'Ukkasha mosque and tomb, acclaimed writers and researchers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson ask: what has been memorialised, and what lies unseen, abandoned or erased - and why?  

The British Library is undertaking a number of digitisation projects protecting heritage archives in Palestine, as part of its Endangered Archives Project.  
Shehadeh and Johnson are in conversation with Chris Gunness.  
 
Half price tickets available for Members, Students, Under 26 and other concession groups.  
  
Raja Shehadeh is Palestine's leading writer. A lawyer and human rights activist, he is the author of the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks.  

Penny Johnson is a founding member of the Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University, a Contributing Editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly and author of Companions in Conflict.

Chris Gunness is Director of the Myanmar Accountability Project, and was formerly a BBC World Service presenter. In 2006 he was Head of Communications at the UN’s political mission in Jerusalem before becoming Chief Spokesman for UNRWA. 
 
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