Balfour Reparations by Farah Saleh. Image credit: Lucas Chih Peng Kao.
Balfour Reparations
PERFORMANCE & CONVERSATION | 120mins | book ticketsBalfour Reparations (2026-2046) is a performance lecture by Palestinian dancer, choreographer and scholar, Farah Saleh, that invites you to explore and confront the United Kingdom’s colonial legacy in Palestine.
Through a blend of history, fiction, and fantasy, Saleh examines the role of Arthur James Balfour – former UK Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, and influential academic figure – in shaping policies that denied Palestinian political rights. Using elements of Critical Fabulation and Afrofuturism, this thought-provoking work brings archival materials – videos, photos, and documents – into dialogue with imagined futures.
Join us in 2046, as a member of the Reparations Committee, reflecting on a fictive apology letter issued by the UK government in 2026 promising reparations to the Palestinian people. What does accountability look like? What might justice mean? Step into the future and be part of the conversation.
This event is part of Falastin Film Festival in Dundee and North East Fife from 24-27 September. Celebrate Palestinian cinema and culture in a programme of films, talks, workshops and performance co-curated by Art Workers for Palestine Dundee. Gather to mobilise against Zionist colonisation while learning from Palestinian resistance, cultural pride, stories of love, and, in the words of poet Rafeef Ziadah, teachings of life.