Navigating Palestine in Assassin's Creed

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Published on July 1, 2024 5:00:07 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX5CYRT9tc8

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Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)

Duration: 2:13:41

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Sara analyses the politics of historicity and movement in Assassin's Creed, a game set partly in historic Palestine. How are Palestinians orientalised and erased at the same time? How is the space of historic Palestine rendered, and how do we move through it, especially considering restrictions that Palestinians face on their freedom of movement today?

Stick around for the full 2 hours to catch words from these brilliant Palestinians working in games: Rasheed Abueideh, Ramsey K (Marskye), Natalie Gedeon and Nadia Shammas.

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CW // Discussions of genocide, settler colonialism, anti-Palestinian racism, orientalism, militarism, policing and state violence. Depictions of blood, death and military and police violence on screen.

Contents:
0:00 - Intro
13:45 - Part 1: What context do we move in?
17:02 - 1.1 History lesson on the crusades
38:01 - 1.2 The crusades according to Assassin's Creed
53:42 - 1.3 Remembering the crusades: historical research ethics
1:08:05 - Part 2: Freedom of movement in Assassin's Creed and in Palestine today
1:09:56 - 2.1 Moving through Assassin's Creed
1:24:07 - 2.2 Moving through Palestine, now
1:45:10 - Conclusion: We are returning (feat. Rasheed Abueideh, Ramsey Kharroubi, Natalie Gedeon and Nadia Shammas)
2:12:42 - Credits

Full reference list:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1frODRK8jn5gnG9yIZW4ArP_crzXpGR2QHmYYCrn78YI/edit?usp=sharing

Music Credits (in order of appearance):
Mirage Theme (Assassin's Creed: Mirage Soundtrack) - Brendan Angelides
Mesopotamia - Munir Mashir
City of Jerusalem (Assassin’s Creed Soundtrack) - Jesper Kyd
Acre Underworld (Assassin’s Creed Soundtrack) - Jesper Kyd
Trouble in Jerusalem (Assassin’s Creed Soundtrack) - Jesper Kyd
Maqamat - Munir Bashir
Introducing the Prince (Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Soundtrack) - Jordan Mechner
Behold the Sands of Time (Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Soundtrack) - Jordan Mechner
Generational Trauma (Thirsty Suitors Soundtrack) - Marskye
Podi Dua (Thirsty Suitors Soundtrack) - Marskye

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