Rediscovering Safuriyah’s Landscape: The Echoes of Displacement and Ecological Transformation
“Each tree, each stone had a place in our hearts,” remembered a former resident of Safuriyah, a Palestinian village that once thrived on the rolling hills of Lower Galilee. Before 1948, Safuriyah was a vibrant mosaic of orchards, native vegetation, and wildlife. Nestled in fertile land with a favorable climate, the village was sustained by an intricate relationship between agriculture, natural resources, and local traditions. However, following the Nakba, Safuriyah’s landscape changed dramatically. Ghayad Khatib explores the violence of ecological transformation and its impacts on memory and Palestinian resistance.
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