Palestine - Photographs of Daily Life in the Palestinian Markets

The SouqStories Exhibition was set up as a multi-sited youth-led photographic exhibition of daily life in the seven historic Palestinian markets of Jerusalem, Nazareth, Hebron, Acre, Gaza, Nablus and Jaffa, displayed simultaneously within the public spaces of those seven markets. The exhibition ran for seven days in June of 2021 and included more than a hundred cultural and artistic activities, seminars, walking tours, and performances. This exhibition grew out of close coordination among young men and women volunteers, youth movements, popular institutions in the various cities, and young photographers and art curators.The project was supported by Ta’awon for Youth Foundation, the DROSOS Foundation, Yan P. Lin Center, and the Nakba Archive at McGill University.

In March of 2022, the Souq Stories team curated a new incarnation of its initial June 2021 exhibition, titled: “Souq Stories: Reclaiming the Commons,” at McGill University, which opened its doors to the public for three weeks. The exhibit was co-sponsored by McGill’s Research Group on Democracy, Space and Technology at the Yan P. Lin Centre, the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, and McGill’s Refugee Research Group.