How Palestinians Are Building a Digital Archive That Can’t Be Erased

Tamara DavisonCultureJul 6, 2026 5:00 AMHow Palestinians Are Building a Digital Archive That Can’t Be ErasedDistributed backups, cyber resilience, and a half-million records are preserving Palestinian history beyond any single building or border.Photograph: GETTY IMAGESCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyPalestinian culture has been looted, destroyed, and displaced for decades. Since October 2023, however, the destruction of Gaza’s cultural institutions has accelerated, prompting a team in the occupied West Bank to build something they hope cannot be seized or erased: a digital archive of Palestinian memory.“Within a week, Israel bombed two art galleries, seven museums, two main archives in Gaza, and hundreds of archaeological sites,” says Amer…

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