De-colonising Exile: The Moroccan Jew in Cinema

Joshua Sabih

De-colonising Exile: The Moroccan Jew in Cinema

Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier

Abstract

The ”Moroccan Jew” in postcolonial Morocco is a diasporic or exilic figure whose narrative and memory have been confiscated or colonised by the two master narratives of both Zionism and Arab nationalism. Deprived of its own voice, the term Moroccan Jew has been re-cast in these historiographies and its literary and artistic nationalising “outlets” as self- contradictory; a political impossibility. The emergence of new historiographies in Morocco and in the diaspora that have begun challenging the two hitherto dominating nationalist narratives has been “crafted” in literature and cinematography.

My paper shall focus on the representation of the Moroccan Jew in both Moroccan and “Jewish” cinemas in the last two decades in order to show how transnational Moroccan cinema and post-Zionist Mizrahi films actually engage Moroccans – Jews and Muslims – to tell their confiscated memories on the screen; de-colonising exile and the Moroccan, the Jew.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Publikationsdato	5 dec. 2016
Antal sider	15
Status	Under udarbejdelse - 5 dec. 2016
Begivenhed	Moroccan cinema uncut: local perspectives, transnational dialogues - Marrakech, Marokko Varighed: 2 dec. 2016 → 10 dec. 2016 http://middleeastbrown.org/call-for-papers-moroccan-cinema-uncut-local-perspectives-transnational-dialogues/

Konference

Konference	Moroccan cinema uncut: local perspectives, transnational dialogues
Land/Område	Marokko
By	Marrakech
Periode	02/12/2016 → 10/12/2016
Internetadresse	http://middleeastbrown.org/call-for-papers-moroccan-cinema-uncut-local-perspectives-transnational-dialogues/

Citationsformater

@conference{8ff2af665e384b42b43555fbe462ceba,

title = "De-colonising Exile: The Moroccan Jew in Cinema",

abstract = "The ”Moroccan Jew” in postcolonial Morocco is a diasporic or exilic figure whose narrative and memory have been confiscated or colonised by the two master narratives of both Zionism and Arab nationalism. Deprived of its own voice, the term Moroccan Jew has been re-cast in these historiographies and its literary and artistic nationalising “outlets” as self- contradictory; a political impossibility. The emergence of new historiographies in Morocco and in the diaspora that have begun challenging the two hitherto dominating nationalist narratives has been “crafted” in literature and cinematography. My paper shall focus on the representation of the Moroccan Jew in both Moroccan and “Jewish” cinemas in the last two decades in order to show how transnational Moroccan cinema and post-Zionist Mizrahi films actually engage Moroccans – Jews and Muslims – to tell their confiscated memories on the screen; de-colonising exile and the Moroccan, the Jew.",

author = "Joshua Sabih",

year = "2016",

month = dec,

day = "5",

language = "English",

note = "Moroccan cinema uncut: local perspectives, transnational dialogues ; Conference date: 02-12-2016 Through 10-12-2016",

url = "http://middleeastbrown.org/call-for-papers-moroccan-cinema-uncut-local-perspectives-transnational-dialogues/",

}

TY - ABST

T1 - De-colonising Exile

T2 - Moroccan cinema uncut: local perspectives, transnational dialogues

AU - Sabih, Joshua

PY - 2016/12/5

Y1 - 2016/12/5

N2 - The ”Moroccan Jew” in postcolonial Morocco is a diasporic or exilic figure whose narrative and memory have been confiscated or colonised by the two master narratives of both Zionism and Arab nationalism. Deprived of its own voice, the term Moroccan Jew has been re-cast in these historiographies and its literary and artistic nationalising “outlets” as self- contradictory; a political impossibility. The emergence of new historiographies in Morocco and in the diaspora that have begun challenging the two hitherto dominating nationalist narratives has been “crafted” in literature and cinematography. My paper shall focus on the representation of the Moroccan Jew in both Moroccan and “Jewish” cinemas in the last two decades in order to show how transnational Moroccan cinema and post-Zionist Mizrahi films actually engage Moroccans – Jews and Muslims – to tell their confiscated memories on the screen; de-colonising exile and the Moroccan, the Jew.

AB - The ”Moroccan Jew” in postcolonial Morocco is a diasporic or exilic figure whose narrative and memory have been confiscated or colonised by the two master narratives of both Zionism and Arab nationalism. Deprived of its own voice, the term Moroccan Jew has been re-cast in these historiographies and its literary and artistic nationalising “outlets” as self- contradictory; a political impossibility. The emergence of new historiographies in Morocco and in the diaspora that have begun challenging the two hitherto dominating nationalist narratives has been “crafted” in literature and cinematography. My paper shall focus on the representation of the Moroccan Jew in both Moroccan and “Jewish” cinemas in the last two decades in order to show how transnational Moroccan cinema and post-Zionist Mizrahi films actually engage Moroccans – Jews and Muslims – to tell their confiscated memories on the screen; de-colonising exile and the Moroccan, the Jew.

M3 - Conference abstract for conference

Y2 - 2 December 2016 through 10 December 2016

ER -