New Dates: March 21 – May 21

About the Exhibit

Jerusalem Through the Seams of Memory (new dates: March 21 – May 21) is based on the collections of the Endangered Palestinian Memories initiative (www.palmemories.com), inviting visitors into lived stories of Palestinian life and livelihoods shaped by movement, memory, and endurance. While rooted in Jerusalem and its surrounding villages, Jerusalem Through the Seams of Memory extends across Palestine and the wider Levant and traces how places remain connected through family ties, daily practices, and shared histories. Through oral testimonies, photography, maps, and multimedia installations, the exhibit centers Palestinian voices and resists attempts to erase them, presenting Jerusalem as a place that continues to be lived, remembered, and invoked. Jerusalem Through the Seams is inspired by the concept and the collective learning and production experiences of an earlier exhibition that was first shown at the Al-Bireh Cultural Center, Palestine beginning in October 2025. It is the first time the Endangered Palestinian Memories Initiative has brought their work to the U.S. 

Jerusalem Through the Seams is curated by Saad Amira and Samar Awaad. Dr. Des Saad Amira, faculty and head of Urban Studies and Spatial Practices at Al-Quds Bard College, brings a deep engagement with Palestinian social history and the spatial and environmental impacts of settler colonialism. Amira is the founder and director of the Endangered Palestinian Memories initiative, which started as an oral history project but evolved into artistic storytelling practices. Samar Awaad is a chef, storyteller, culinary artist, and researcher whose work centers Palestinian food culture as a site of memory and resistance. Through her initiative Qam7 Wa Zeit, she documents the connections between cuisine, memory, and the Nakba while advocating for food sovereignty and cultural continuity. 

Support Our Work

To bring this exhibition to the Bay Area, we are raising $7,500 from grassroots supporters to cover essential costs including labor and installation, design work, translation, printing, and hanging. More than half of this money will be used to pay Palestinian designers and translators working on the exhibit based in the West Bank, who have lost jobs due to Israel’s crackdown and attacks on the West Bank since October 7. At a time of heightened political repression, massive funding cuts to arts and humanities, and suppression of Palestinian voices, our community of support is crucial to bringing this exhibit to life.