Presentation by Mohamed Somji

In this talk, Permission to Narrate, inspired by Edward Said’s call for narrative justice, we will highlight the work of Palestinian photographers who use diverse approaches and mediums to document the occupation, apartheid, and genocide. By reclaiming the power to tell their own stories, these artists challenge dominant narratives and assert their right to self-representation. Through their powerful and varied visual testimony, they bear witness to ongoing atrocities, creating an enduring record that serves as both evidence and a demand for justice.

Meeting held in english.

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Mohamed Somji is the Director of Gulf Photo Plus (GPP), a Dubai-based gallery and community organization cultivating visual practices in photography in the UAE, and across the wider MENASA region since 2004. As part of GPP’s commitment to developing visual and critical literacy, the organization engages the community with regular educational and art programming, exhibitions of work from and about the region and providing resources for photographers from film developing and processing to fine art printing, a photobook store and more. Mohamed is also a practicing documentary photographer whose practice locates and probes schisms in contemporary life, challenging the status quo with sensitive, critical commentary on the politics of representation.