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Galb’Echaoufdelvesintotheideaofamnesiaastheresultofanextremeanddestructivepoliticalcontextwhichgeneratedshameandguilt.Conflictsputanendtofreedomofmovement,andmostimportantly,tothetransmissionoftypesofknowledgepasseddownovercenturies.Itisfuelledbythestatementsandsilencesoftheinhabitantsoftheregion,butalsobynon-humanknowledgepresentinplantsandlandscapes. Howdoesonetellastoryofdisplacement?ThepeoplepresentinGalb’Echaoufseemunabletotalkaboutthetraumaofthepast.Perhaps,becausethereisnothingleftthatcouldpossiblybesaid.Instead,AbdessamadElMontassirlookstothelandscapefortestimony,alandscapewhichhasbornewitness.Thenaturalenvironmentbecomesawitnesstowarfare,holdingknowledgethatistoopainfultoberememberedbytheland’shumaninhabitants.AwomanwhogrewupinthedeserttellsElMontassir,“wecannotspeakofallwehavelivedthroughthere.Goandasktheruins,thedesert,itsthornyplants,theysawandlivedthrougheverythingandremainedthere.” Galb’EchaoufunfoldsintheWesternSahara,a266.000kmsquareterritoryyettoobtainlegalstatus.From1975to1991,theWesternSaharawasthetheatreofalongwarbetweenMoroccoandthePolisariofrontwhichinflicteddeepandlastingwoundsontheSahrawicivilsociety.NomadicpopulationshadtosettleinurbanareastoescapetheconflictstakingplaceintheSahara.ToseetheWesternSaharafromtheperspectiveofsomeonewhowasbornthereisrare.ElMontassir’snarrationispoetry,detailingthelossofinter-generationalknowledgeinconflict.Inthisway,italsoexaminesthecomplexityofamnesia,astheresultofanextremeanddestructivepoliticalcontext.—MyriamMouflih