Photo Exhibition: ‘Jerusalem Dispossessed’

"JERUSALEM DISPOSSESSED" is a photo exhibition about humanity, and is mounted by ActiveStills, an independent collective of photographers who believe in photography’s power to create change through awareness, and ICAHD: The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions’ Action Advocacy Project.

During their documentary work in and around Jerusalem, they were increasingly exposed to the dark side of the City of Light. There, hundreds of thousands of people are living in shadow, with identity defined by forces they cannot control, unwanted in their own homes, afraid of being expelled while they are just asking to live peacefully in their city. If Jerusalem is to remain the symbol of peace and tolerance it cannot be a ghetto for anyone or owned by any particular group. In the same year that Israel celebrates 40 years of the so-called “unity” of Jerusalem, the city has been divided by force, discrimination and injustice. Without real freedom and respect of the other’s right to live in dignity, there is no basis for political negotiation.

The exhibition will be on view throughout the Edinburgh Festival (from 1st August) at El Daar Cafe in Stockbridge (in the Theatre Workshop on Hamilton Place).

A map to find El Daar, 34 Hamilton Place can be viewed at http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&hloc=GB|EH35AX