Images are all this community has left of their ancestral villages
The Villages We Carry archive is protecting the memories of what southern Lebanese towns looked like before they were destroyed by Israeli forces.
A community in Sydney has gathered images as their last link to ancestral villages destroyed by the Israeli military. Saber Serhan displayed photographs of his father harvesting me ta, a type of cucumber, from his ancestral village in southern Lebanon. The event, "The Villages We Carry," invited people with southern Lebanese heritage to share photographs and videos of their lost villages.
48 out of 60 such villages in occupied southern Lebanon have been largely demolished, including schools, mosques, and businesses. The Israeli Defense Forces claimed they were dismantling infrastructure used by Hezbollah to attack northern Israel. Curator Zeinab Mahfoud is creating a digital archive to preserve these memories. Attendees, like Amani Haydar, brought photographs of their relatives and cherished places, emphasizing the importance of holding onto these memories amidst grief and loss.
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