Communities across the globe have collected this expansive archive of more than 200 hundred photographs spanning decades, now displayed on the Palestine Remembered website. The collection includes dozens of mini-albums featuring Qaqun’s natural landscape in both the past and present, as well as destroyed infrastructure and cultural commemoration efforts. Some albums include historical documents, family photos, and archival images of Qaqun’s village life prior to its depopulation and demolition. While the town was invaded and resettled in 1948, it remained accessible to some West Bank locals through hiking trails and historic tourist events as well as local visitors from nearby Jewish settlements. Many of the featured photos document the village’s destruction, such as rare photographs of the 1948 attacks on the town, contemporary images of the remains of old homes, and the castle that once stood on a hill in town with its surrounding fort. The extensive collection provides context for the village’s history of violence and displacement, while capturing the natural landscape and cultural resilience that remains.
Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in Palestine
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” —Omar El Akkad, Journalist Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in...





