Bring Gaza Home is an organization made of Palestinian and Jewish people that advocate for the Right of Return of Palestinians to their homes. 

After setting up the brand, the content, the social media presence, Design Reparations is now working on the participation at Dutch Design Week of Gaza Travel Agency.

At Dutch Design Week, in the container of MU Hybrid Art House, Gaza Travel Agency presents an imaginary travel agency, where participants can speculate and explore the return of Gazan refugees to their ancestral towns. Since 1948, over 80% of the Gazan population have been refugees, 50% of them are children. They were displaced from villages and towns, most of which, according to recent official data, are still empty on Israeli territory.

International law and multiple UN resolutions state the right of return for Palestinian refugees. Through design, we aim to make the abstract idea of return tangible, relatable, and as simple as “taking a bus home”. The idea of Palestinians returning to their original towns- is actively censored and this work is to put it back as a mainstream solution.

Gaza Travel Agency is a speculative and participatory design experience inspired by historian Dr. Salman Abu Sitta’s practical plans for the return of Palestinian refugees. It invites visitors to visualise, not debate, the routes, possibilities, and emotions of return.

We believe in the power of design to address complex topics and shift narratives. This work aims to transform politics and despair into imagination and designed possibilities, from chaos and hopelessness to a simple journey, a journey into designing peace.