A Single Word By George Harb and Leila Khoury

Our journey is not only of survival, but of unbroken continuity.

Interwoven across the gallery walls are a collage of George Harb’s family videos and photographs taken in diaspora, his ancestral lands of Ramallah and Jerusalem, and widely across various parts of Palestine between 1900-1990. This intimate archive illuminates generations of Palestinian life through an extensive documentation of childhood, celebrations, rites of passage, and his family’s intuitive relationship with and stewardship of their land.

Through the medium of archiving, A Single Word offers evidence of Palestinian joy, dignity, and interiority as everyday birthrights that carry on into the present moment. Their narratives are not shaped by the external forces of occupation—they hold within them inner universes that have persisted across generations, in spite of trauma. As long as there are Palestinians in this world—and there always will be—their joy will remain unbroken, enduring, and palpable.

Harb and Khoury invite audiences to further immerse themselves in Harb’s family history and Palestinian culture at large through a screening of restored home videos, a curated collection of reading material, and the artists’ scenic recreation of a Palestinian reading room.

This exhibition is generously supported by the Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Restore.

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