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Book of the Disappeared: The Quest for Transnational Justice

Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi, Editors

Open Access

Book of the Disappeared confronts worldwide human rights violations of enforced disappearance and genocide and explores the global quest for justice with forceful, outstanding contributions by respected scholars, expert practitioners, and provocative contemporary artists. This profoundly humane book spotlights our historic inhumanity while offering insights for survival and transformation.

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Published: 2023

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

License:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license

ISBN(s)

978-0-472-05593-7 (paper)
978-0-472-07593-5 (hardcover)
978-0-472-90325-2 (open access)

Series

Ethnic Conflict: Studies in Nationality, Race, and Culture

Subject

Resources

Scan of a document labeled “INS Special Interest List Joint Terrorism Task Force Working Group” with names and other information blacked out. Written on small pieces of paper overlaid on the document are the phrases “Your names erased, and now blank slates” and “Where all fears can be written.”

"Intro to An Index"

From Interlude (Ganesh and Ghani)

Excerpt from Index of the Disappeared, “Intro to an Index”

Black and white photo of an Iraqi woman with hair covered and scars on her face. She is looking up.

"Razor Wire"

From Interlude (Alshaibi)

“Razor Wire”

Black and white photo of a person’s hands laid out with their palms facing the viewer. The palms have shapes scratched into them. Between the hands there are two bullets, creating an arrow pointing upward.

"To Eat Bread"

From Interlude (Alshaibi)

“To Eat Bread”

Painting of a figure with arms splayed out, wearing a robe and head covered. They are standing on a box.

"Abu Ghraib"

From Interlude (Maron)

Photo of white button-down shirts hanging on wooden clothes hangers. The collars have writing on them in Arabic.

Detail from "Do Not Forget Us, La Tanssana"

From Interlude (Zughaib)

Birds-eye photo of an arrangement of paper and paint sculptures of eyes.

Detail from "The Eyes"

From Interlude (Golshani)

Artwork with figures on an elephant adorned in flowers and gold. The background is smoky and dark. The elephant’s husk pierces another figure. The lower 60 percent of the artwork is painted in brighter colors with another figure drawn in the lower right corner.

"The Elephant and the Pond of Blood"

From Interlude (Leang)

Photo of a metal contraption containing a rake and a chain, viewing from the side.

"Memory of Winter"

From Interlude (Edwards)

“Memory of Winter”

Photo of a metal contraption containing a large chain and a lock, viewing straight on.

"Jom Time"

From Interlude (Edwards)

“Jom Time”

Photo of a wooden surface with faces printed onto it in a grid.

Detail from "In Between/Underneath" ("Entremedio / Por Debajo")

From Interlude (Herrera-Soto)

Artwork depicting the word “Stolen” in dark blue across a background of illustrated trees in different shades of blue. Thin light blue waves float across the artwork.

Stolen

From Interlude (Page)