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E17 - Return (Hala Eid Alnaji)
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- MEMORY FOR DENIAL
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- Nov 21, 2025
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Summary
As part of the GAZA BIENNALE BERLIN PAVILLION we present Hala Eid Alnaji's "Return" (in English and Arabic). In this powerful recording, the artist recounts her family’s history of displacement tracing back the thread of loss from her exile through Gaza and to the Nakba."Return" is part of the installation "Nazeh’s Lexicon: The Language of Displacement". Hala Eid Alnaji (b. in 1988 in Gaza, Displaced outside Gaza) is an architect, an artist, and a PhD researcher at the University of Westminster in London. She holds a master’s degree in architecture and two years of advanced research in decolonizing architecture from the Royal Institute of Arts in Stockholm. Hala concluded her curatorial studies at the Curator Lab of Konstfack University-Stockholm. As a curator, Hala spearheaded the curation of the Decolonizing Arts and Counter-speculations exhibition, which took place in the Gaza Strip. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Jurors Committee for the Palestinian Cultural Fund Grants, organized by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture in Ramallah, Palestine. Hala’s professional experience extends across various NGOs and higher education institutions worldwide. She has worked as a researcher with Fargfabriken in Stockholm, as a visiting researcher at the University of Palestine in Gaza, and as a lecturer at the University of Brighton, in the United Kingdom. As a dedicated researcher, Hala has presented and published numerous articles and research papers at conferences throughout Europe and the Middle East. Her first book, "Scatterers in the Shadow", was published in 2022. GAZA BIENNALE BERLIN PAVILLION, November 21 to December 21, 2025 Exhibitions: Flutgraben, Khan Aljanub, AGIT, MBC Public programs: Galerie & Atelier Arabisk, Casino for Social Medicine, Spore Init…