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SUMMARY:Songs and poems of Gaza during the genocide
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Atef Alshaer\, University of Westminster\nHost:  Dr Moshe 
 Behar\n\nIn my talk\, I will highlight examples of poetry and songs from
  the Gaza Strip within the context of the genocide in Gaza. I will draw 
 on post-2023 texts written and performed\, by authors some of whom since
  have became martyrs. All pieces are creative testimonies by people who 
 have lived through the first live-streamed destruction of Gaza\, a telev
 ised mass loss of life\, infrastructure\, and home.\n\nI engage with the
  notion of 'popular culture' and put forward questions about its role in
  giving voice to the people of Gaza. How does 'popular culture' aid peop
 le in their struggle in context of genocide -  a term much contested and
  debated  - when life for many in Gaza is so precarious? What does such 
 creative output tells us about Gazans and their relationship with their 
 Palestinian history and culture? How can such materials serve as part of
  an archive for remembrance and survival?\n\nBIO: Dr Atef Alshaer is a R
 eader in Arabic Studies at the University of Westminster\, London. His  
 recent monographs are A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writ
 ing on the Nakba (2019)\, Love and Poetry in the Middle East (ed.) (2022
 )\, and Language and National Identity in Palestine: Representations of 
 Power and Resistance in Gaza (2025). He is a poet\, writer and translato
 r.\n\nPart of the AMES Research Seminar Series 2026.
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LOCATION:A7\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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