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Sohail Dahdal and Sana Sayed

Sohail Dahdal

Head of the Department of Media Communication in the College of Arts & Sciences at the American University in Sharjah

Email: sdahdal@aus.edu

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0050-1051

 

 

Sana Sayed

Faculty in the Department of English at the American University in Sharjah

Email: ssayed@aus.edu

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-3959

Engaging Youth in History Through Immersive Storytelling: A Case Study of the ‘Once Upon a Time in Palestine’ XR Documentary

Natives of Gaza, Palestine. Photo courtesy of picryl.com.

Issue 37, Winter/Spring 2024 https://doi.org/10.70090/SS24EYVR Abstract This paper explores the Once Upon a Time in Palestine XR Documentary as a case study to investigate the potential of virtual and augmented reality technologies in reshaping historical narratives through immersive stories that engage youth with history. The documentary recounts the oral history …

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