Jun 9, 2015
Annemarie Jacir (in Dreams of a Nation, p. 29):
“Like many colonized peoples, Palestinians have been the subjects of other people's films and research, and have often been perceived as exotic others, as victims, or as terrorists. We have been the subject of other groups' gazes, and yet, ironically, whether we live in Palestine or in the Diaspora, we have come to understand how we have been made invisible through the complete absence of our own voices and images. Instead we have seen our experiences and lives represented and mediated through the work – sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes well intentioned, sometimes not – of others.”
