Скачать или смотреть VRARA Storytelling Committee call with producers of the 'Phoenix of Gaza' VR experience - 8/7/25

Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb, Professor of Communications at California State University, San Bernadino and Naim Aburaddi, Filmmaker and doctoral student at University of Colorado, Boulder presented their VR memorial experience, which offers an intimate, first-hand view of Gaza as documented by Gazan artists and journalists including Yahya Sobeih. Sobieh was a courageous Palestinian photojournalist and dedicated member of the Phoenix of Gaza XR Project, who was killed on May 7th. 

Since 2022, the Phoenix of Gaza team has captured 360-degree images and videos across Gaza, documenting daily life, historic landmarks, cultural sites, schools, mosques, markets, beaches, agricultural areas, and so much more. Much of what was captured no longer exists, erased by the ongoing genocide. But these images remain - an archive of cultural memory, resistance, and life.

Michael Owen, co-chair of the VRARA Storytelling Committee, noted that there were two VR screenings of the Phoenix of Gaza experience scheduled in New York City on Friday, August 8th.