How Palestinians Are Building a Digital Archive That Can’t Be Erased | WIRED
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Distributed backups, cyber resilience, and a half-million records are preserving Palestinian history beyond any single building or border.
Save this story Save this story Palestinian 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 Shomali , a prominent visual artist and general director of the Palestinian Museum . “This battle of trying to erase
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