AHMAD BARCLAY /// Palestine, Today: A Counter-Mapping Tool

On the day of the launch of Palestine, Today, a new project by Visualizing Palestine, and three days before the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba, we are releasing the 137th episode of our regular podcast series with regular contributor and Visualizing Palestine founding partner, Ahmad Barclay. Palestine, Today is an interactive map and counter-mapping tool that describes the past and present of 1,196 towns, villages, and cities before and after the Nakba. You can access this project by following this link.

Ahmad Barclay is an architect and visual communicator based in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a founding partner with Visualizing Impact and Visualizing Palestine, as well as an Al-Shabaka policy member. He is a regular contributor to The Funambulist.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUNAMBULIST:

• “Graphic and Information Design as a Political Instrument,” Episode 70 of The Funambulist Podcast
• “Mapping and ‘Truth’: Communicating the Erasure of Palestine,” in The Funambulist 18 Cartography & Power (July-August 2018)