Visualizing Palestine : A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation

Jessica Anderson is a human rights researcher based in Michigan. She was a first-year undergraduate during the 2008/2009 Israeli assault on Gaza, and a graduate student in refugee studies during Israel’s 2012 bombardment. In 2013, she joined the Visualizing Palestine team, where she serves as deputy director. Aline Batarseh is Palestinian from Jerusalem. She has more than 20 years of experience working with several Palestinian and international nonprofits focused on advancing gender equality, reproductive justice, children’s rights, mental health, social justice and collective liberation. Aline joined the Visualizing Palestine team as executive director in 2021. Yosra El Gazzar is a visual artist and graphic designer based in Cairo, Egypt. She has been a core part of Visualizing Palestine since 2016. Yosra was a 2021 Moutheqat/Women in Dox Fellow in Tunisia and a 2022 CEC ArtsLink Fellow in the United States. Her work has been showcased in various international venues. Visualizing Palestine (VP) is a non-profit project dedicated to using data and research to visually communicate Palestinian experiences and provoke narrative change. VP envisions liberation for Palestinians in a world free from oppression.