PALESTINE BEFORE 1948 / MOROCCAN ALBUMS
The Arab Image Foundation (AIF) collects, conserves and shows work which Arab photographers have made of their own world. By its work, this institution, located in Beirut, hopes to counterbalance the image of the Arab world that exists in the West. The photographs from PALESTINE BEFORE 1948 and MOROCCAN ALBUMS are being seen for the first time in The Netherlands. The former series shows everyday life in Palestine before the proclamation of the state of Israel. Where the region today primarily affords images of misery, revolt and violence, the past tells a story of an open, cosmopolitan community living together without problems. MOROCCAN ALBUMS offers a series of intimate photographs taken in Morocco between 1900 and 1960, with the emphasis on tradition versus modernity.
