Palestine in Visual Representation: A Visual Semiotic Analysis of the Nakba

Since its de facto creation, Israel has endeavoured to legitimize existence and mystify the ethnic cleansing it perpetrated in 1948, systematically working efface historic Palestine from Arab global public memory. Visual discourse plays a constitutive role construction preservation of national themes. This paper, critical analysis corpus visual representations, aimed examine how representation serves memorialize reconstruct themes, so this semiotic mode can act as form counter-hegemonic against attempts at memoricide other mystification history. Using Kress van Leeuwen’s (2006) grammar design framework for analysis, social research analyzed structure number Nakba images representations memorialization key Palestinian reconstruction Palestine. The study shows visually represented such Right Return, serve constant reminder Nakba, stressing their sociopolitical emancipatory shaping collective consciousness about past, present future. Exploration further signs reveal more function multimodal communication important themes liberation..