Graphic poster for the 10th Festival Ciné-Palestine 2024, showcasing stylized black and teal film reels and flowers, with event details in French and Arabic and dates from May 30 to June 16, 2024, in Paris, France, and Marseille.

Ciné-Palestine #10: Palestine in the Eye

screening + Q&A
08.06.2024
paris, france

I introduced the screening of Waheb al Horriyah (The Freedom Giver, al-Zubaidi, 1989) and talked about its restoration.

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Event poster for Kustoska School 2024 in Split, Croatia, with dates, locations, and an exhibition titled 'Trikontinentala: Podsjetnici za budućnost.' The background is yellow with purple and white text, and features a black and white photo of people in an indoor setting, some seated and others standing, all dressed in casual and semi-formal attire.

Unseen: Curatorial School

performative lecture
07.05.2024
split, croatia

I traced back my exposure to the film Waheb al Horriyah (The Freedom Giver, al-Zubaidi, 1989) and its restoration process, showing excerpts from the film’s different copies, as well as reading excerpts from my restoration diary Time Displaced.

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Poster for the Arab Film Festival 2024 featuring a young woman outdoors with a serious expression, wearing a blue shirt and backpack, with event details in French and Arabic.

AFLAM 2024: Vives Archives

conference talk & screening
14.04.2024
marseilles, france

I shared my work as a film restorer and archivist on Waheb al Horriyah (The Freedom Giver, al-Zubaidi, 1989), focusing on the ethical challenges and responsibilities one faces while restoring such images. Excerpts of my restoration diary (Time Displaced) were published in the festival’s Cahiers.
The restored film was also screened in the festival.

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A presentation slide titled 'Collaborative Practices as Resistance' features a black-and-white photo of a large protest with many people holding signs and gathered on a street, along with a small portrait of a woman in the top right corner.

FIAF 2024 Symposium: Film Archives in the Global South

conference talk
22.04.2024
bangkok, thailand

I laid out the technical process of restoring Waheb al Horriyah (The Freedom Giver, al-Zubaidi, 1989), and argued that using training as an opportunity to work on films from underrepresented contexts (similarly to Mathilde Rouxel’s work on Jocelyne Saab’s filmography) can function as resistance against the usual frameworks, paradigms and dependencies present in the current audiovisual heritage sector.

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A table displaying various printed materials, booklets, notes, and accessories, including orange crumpled paper, a notebook, brochures, and small objects.

ARchipelago: Entangled Archives of Wars

performative lecture
02.12.2023
sarajevo, bosnia & herzegovina

I read some excerpts from my restoration diary Time Displaced, which I wrote while restoring Waheb al Horriyah (The Freedom Giver, al-Zubaidi, 1989). I shared diary entries focusing on the emotional reactions provoked by the restoration work, along with some images of the process.

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Text overlay on a blurred silhouette of a person's head and hand with a television or monitor screen in the background, promoting the 2023 Eye International Conference on audiovisual collections, civic engagement, collaboration, held June 4-7, 2023.

Eye International Conference: Activating the Archive

conference talk
06.06.2023
amsterdam, netherlands

I presented the different particularities of the restoration of Waheb al Horriyah (The Freedom Giver, al-Zubaidi, 1989) : from the technical work and the various contexts it was carried out in, the limitations and advantages of alternative and cross-regional practices, to the potential for resistance found in collaborative ways of restoring audiovisual material.

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Poster for the Second Encounter Film Festival in Beirut with text in Arabic and English, dates January 20-26, 2023, featuring geometric red and green patterns.

Metropolis: The Second Encounter

presentation
25.01.2023
beirut, lebanon

I presented the digital restoration work I carried out on Jocelyne Saab’s images and gave an overview of the technical and ethical challenges one faces while working with a digital restoration software such as HS-Art Diamant.

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A woman is giving a presentation at a podium in a room with red seats and wood-paneled walls. There is a large screen behind her displaying a slide with Arabic text and the title 'Time Displaced.' A few audience members are seated, watching the presentation.

Liburnia Film Festival: How to Open your Eyes

performative lecture
31.08.2024
optija, croatia

I traced back my exposure to the film Waheb al Horriyah (The Freedom Giver, al-Zubaidi, 1989) and its restoration process, showing excerpts from the film’s different copies as well as reading excerpts from my restoration diary Time Displaced.

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