This three-day workshop engages with Palestinian oral testimonies through Isgha'a إصغاء, a practice of attentive listening and writing, to move beyond static documentary impulses in oral testimonies. Working with oral testimonies from the genocide, we move beyond the logic of preservation which treats the voice as a vanishing artifact. We seek instead to develop a mode of attunement that considers testimonies as living history and a rumbling present, listening intently for both meaning and presence, and for what it means to be present in the act of listening itself.

The workshop runs alongside In That Same Hour, currently on view at Darat al Funun, extending questions opened by Nadine Fattaleh's work Materials of Solidarity, on show in the exhibition.

The workshop will be conducted in Arabic and English.

To apply, please fill in the form here. 

Nadine Fattaleh is a Palestinian researcher, writer, and translator based in Amman. She is currently pursuing a PhD in the Faculty of Media Studies at New York University. Nadine has worked in the fields of cinema and public programming with several institutions, and she also contributes to a number of volunteer initiatives, including the Palestinian Cinema Index and the Palestinian Social Fund.

Sarah Al Yahya is a creative technologist and researcher based in Amman. Her practice explores internet cultures, online communities, and how users appropriate digital tools to resist, organize, and imagine alternative worlds, with a focus on vernacular digital practices in Palestine and the Arab world. She experiments with various media including software art, augmented reality, and physical computing.