The Muslim cemetery in Mamilla, or Maman Allah, in the western Israeli part of Jerusalem, dates back to the 12th century and the time of Saladin. An important historical site until the 1920s, it was the burial place for dignitaries including sheikhs, imams from Al-Aqsa Mosque, governors of the city, scholars and military leaders. Since the creation of Israel in 1948 little of the original cemetery land remains. In the northwest corner a controversial building complex named ‘Center for Human Dignity- Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem’ is being constructed. Funded by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in the U.S., the project has caused strong local and international protest amongst both Jewish and Muslim objectors. A lawsuit suspended digging for four years but building has now resumed. Elegy to Mamilla documents the cemetery area and the construction site from daylight through to dusk while the soundtrack incorporates a reading of the remaining tomb inscriptions.