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Farah and Muhanad: Our Dreams Turned to Rubble My name is Farah, and I am 23 years old. This is my husband, Muhanad, who is 28. We live in Gaza, Palestine. We met at work, sharing a dream of a bright ...

<article data-history-node-id="422428" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/forgotten-searching-palestines-hidden-places-and-lost-memorials" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/forgotten-searching-palestines-hidden-places-and-lost-memorials" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Forgotten: Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/muqarnas-middle-east-mosque-architecture-historical-buildings-honeycombs" target="_blank">Ancient buildings</a>&nbsp;are the keepers of secrets: the ghosts and stories of the people who have gone before rest within their walls.</p> <p>Despite attempts to conceal the past, remnants stubbornly remain, as anyone who has renovated can attest - faded posters, peeling wallpaper, chipped paint - such immutable objects can bear witness to a forgotten time.</p> <p>In this meditative travelogue,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/features/time-will-come-when-there-will-be-real-eruption" target="_blank">Raja Shehadeh</a>&nbsp;and his wife&nbsp;<a href="https://www.palestinebookawards.com/authors/item/penny-johnson" target="_blank">Penny Johnson</a>, both in their eighth decade, contemplate the hidden history and geography of historic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>, now&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel&nbsp;</a>and the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>This is a place where even “archaeology is politicised”.</p> <p>The couple’s quest is to reveal the lost, neglected and intentionally erased stories that criss-cross and sustain the land.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/forgotten-searching-palestines-hidden-places-and-lost-memorials">Forgotten: Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A view of the Old City of Jerusalem including the iconic Dome of the Rock in February 2024 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="76a47047-89d0-498f-b8d6-503c5b3049bd" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/al-aqsa-dome-of-rock-jerusalem-february-2024-ahmad-gharabli-afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="A view of the Old City of Jerusalem including the iconic Dome of the Rock in February 2024 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A view of the Old City of Jerusalem including the iconic Dome of the Rock in February 2024 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>