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Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the natural development of Palestinian Identity and culture got interrupted. Therefore, leading Palestinian citizens of Israel to navigate their lives through an ethnic state with an acquired hybrid identity. The imposed complexities of politics, culture and language, creates the need to repeatedly search for balance according to the space and social or political situation, frequently causing the loss of different parts of the identity. This issue is clearly reflected in the use of daily language by Palestinians in Israel, resulting to the use of multiple languages simultaneously (mainly Arabic and Hebrew and frequently English), or shifting from one to another depending on the setting, causing an inconsistent and unauthentic self-expression. “Found in Translation”, sitting on the seamline between the port of Jaffa and Ajami neighborhood, is a project that aims to create a space that allows Palestinians in Israel to authentically express and create without having to sacrifice any part of their identity within a politically, culturally and linguistically hybrid environment.