Conference Program
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | |
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Opening and Welcome Welcoming remarks of the Vice Chancellor, Bethlehem University, Dr. Br. Hernan Santos Address by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquity Address of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and head of the Scientific Committee: Dr. Iman Saca Facilitator: Dr. Omar Abed Rabo |
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| 9:00 – 11:00 |
The first Session: Archaeology, History, and the Question of Extermination and Restoration Facilitator: Hanadi I. Soudah-Younan |
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| 9:00 – 9:20 |
Gentrification (“modernization”) as a distorting colonial tool – Wadi al-Salib neighborhood in Haifa as an example
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Johnny Mansour |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | Gaza: Current Rukam (Ruins) for future archaeologists |
Omar Algul Mazen Owais Jamal Barghout |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Rethinking the Late Bronze Age: Population and settlement | Ghassan Al- Nagagreh |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Heritage research hub: integrating BIM and advanced technologies to preserve Palestinian cultural heritage | Karim Yahya |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Q&A | |
| 11:00 – 12:40 |
Second Session: Appropriation and Destruction, Archaeology and the Cultural, and Natural Heritage Facilitator: Fadi Kattan |
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| 11:00 – 11:20 | From Abu Ghneim to Tantour: The destruction of the Palestinian material culture and the natural landscape in the southeastern countryside of Jerusalem | Omar Abed Rabo |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | The Jerusalem Citadel: A case study in the appropriation of Palestinian cultural heritage | Mahmoud Hawari |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | A study on the concept of Palestinian cultural heritage in a colonial context | Maysoon Sharqawi |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | The persistence of the Israeli institution in destroying the material heritage in the land of 1948 Palestine | Abed al-Razzaq Matani |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Q&A | |
| 12:40 – 2:00 | lunch break | |
| 2:00 – 3:40 |
Third Session: Cultural Heritage in Depopulated and Razed Palestinian Villages Facilitator: Taher Labadi |
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| 2:00 – 2:20 | Colonial settlement and the destruction of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the West Bank and the destroyed villages in 1948 | Saleh Abdel Jawad |
| 2:20 – 2:40 | The depopulated Palestinian villages of the Hebron district in 1948: al-Dawayma village as a Model | Alaa al-Dawayma |
| 2:40 – 3:00 | The disappeared Sheed (lime) ovens in the lands of the depopulated and razed village of ʿInnāba in 1948 | Rawda Ghanayem |
| 3:00 – 3:20 | Lake Hula: drying up of water and erasure of cultural memory | Ali Habib Allah |
| 3:20 – 3:40 | Q&A | |
| 3:40 – 4:00 | Break | |
| 4:00 – 5:40 |
Fourth Session: Gaza in Archaeological Inscriptions and the Monastery of Saint Hilarion Facilitator: Laura Vie’ |
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| 4:00 – 4:20 | Gaza and its importance through ancient inscriptions in pre-Islamic periods | Issam Halayqa |
| 4:20 – 4:40 | The inscriptions of the Al-Omari Mosque are an important source for the history of Islamic architecture in Gaza City | Samah al-Dawayma |
| 4:40 – 5:00 | Monastery of Saint Hilarion in Gaza | Hamdan Taha |
| 5:00 – 5:20 | Management and protection plan of the Tell Umm Amer site (St. Hilarion Monastery) in Nuṣairāt / Gaza | Luma Qumsieh |
| 5:20 – 5:40 | Q&A | |
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Fifth session: Museums, Cultural Heritage, and Identity Facilitator: Hamdan Taha |
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| 5:40 – 6:00 | Culturecide – Zionist attempts to obliterate the Palestinian cultural heritage by plundering and destroying archives and assassinating culture after 1967: Archives of the Palestinian Research Center in Beirut 1976-1983 as an example | Muntaser Jarrar |
| 6:00 – 6:20 | The impact of wars on private collections in Gaza City, “Shahwan Museum” as an example | Ali Shahwan |
| 6:20 – 6:40 | Q&A | |
| End of the first day | ||
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
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First Session: Destruction of Archaeological and Cultural Heritage in Gaza Facilitator: Mousa Rabadi |
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| 9:00 – 9:20 | The intentional destruction of Islamic and Christian monuments in Gaza City during the latest war (Ṭūfān al-Aqsa 2023- 2024) | Abdul Latif Abu Hashem |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | The historical and archaeological importance of the heritage and historical buildings destroyed by the Zionist occupation in Gaza and the necessity of their restoration. | Ayman Hassouna |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Documenting the cultural heritage in Gaza City through photos before and after Ṭūfānal-Aqsa war 2023-2024 | Doaa Yasser Al-Dawayma |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Israeli illegal excavations of Palestinian cultural heritage sites: Bethlehem area as a case Study | Wael Hamamra |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Q&A | |
| 10:40 – 11:00 |
Second Session: Different Approaches to Studying Palestinian Cultural Heritage Facilitator: Bilal Salameh |
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| 11:00 – 11:20 | The importance of support sciences to the field of archaeology: paleobotany in Palestine as an example | Hussein Madina |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | The network of relationship among Bir al-Saba’, Gaza and the Palestinian coastal cities before the Nakba | Mansour Nasasra |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Cultural heritage in the custody of its own people: In’ash Al-Usra Association, a Palestinian ethnographic blog | Ahmad Asa’ad |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Gazan popular cuisine: Food culture and its role in preserving memory and constructing a national identity | Hamza Al-Aqrabawi |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Q&A | |
| 12:40 – 1:40 | Lunch Break | |
| 2:00 – 3:20 |
Third Session: Preserving Cultural Heritage: Manuscripts, Memory, and Law Facilitator: Br. Alejandro Cerna |
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| 2:00 – 2:20 | The role of the Manuscript Restoration Center in the Islamic Waqf Department in preserving and maintaining the collection of manuscripts and Qur’ans of the Aqsa Mosque | Youssef Natsheh |
| 2:20 – 2:40 | The social and religious conditions of Christians in Gaza City in the late Ottoman era through Sharia court records | Hanin Al- ‘Amsi |
| 2:40 – 3:00 | Classical complicities: Confronting classicism, Zionism and other historiographical Tools of genocide | Marchella Ward |
| 3:00 – 3:20 | International law and the protection of intangible cultural heritage | Lina Khamis |
| 3:20 – 3:40 | Q&A | |
| 3:40 – 4:00 | Break | |
| 4:00 – 5:40 |
Fourth Session: Memory and archives: dialect and material heritage as entry points for preserving the narrative Facilitator: Mehdi Berriah |
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| 4:00 – 4:20 | Digital archives for Palestine: Accessibility and sustainability | Said Badawi |
| 4:20 – 4:40 | Archives and the war on Palestinian material heritage between documentation and practice | Heba Omari, Dana Abbas, and Basel Naser |
| 4:40 – 5:00 | The role of Jordanian museums in preserving the Palestinian cultural heritage | Safaa Sobh Sababha |
| 5:00 – 5:20 | Q&A | |
| 5:20 – 5:40 |
Fifth Session: Documenting Palestinian Cultural Heritage Facilitator: Dr. Issam Halayqa |
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| 5:40 – 6:40 | Leveraging artificial intelligence for enhancing digital documentation and virtual tours of Palestinian cultural heritage vs experiences | Ehab Alafandi, Raffaella De Marco |
| 5:40 – 6:00 | Hilma Granqvist and Palestinian cultural resistance | Rosanna Sirignano |
| 6:00 – 6:20 | Postwar recovery of cultural and natural heritage in Gaza |
Akram M. A. Ijla
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| 6:20 – 6:40 | Q&A | |
| Closing ِand Recommendations: Dr. Omar Abed Rabo | ||
