New book explores maps as tools of political power
New book explores maps as tools of political power
By Linda B. Glaser
Maps are more than two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional terrain. They are also powerful political...
Living Memories — Testimonies of Palestinians’ Displacement in 1948
A must-read
This slim volume of testimonies from Palestinians who experienced the Nakba emphasises several factors which are vital to the preservation of Palestinian memory....
The hundred years war on Palestine – Conquest and resistance
Rashid Khalidi’s account of Jewish settlers’ conquest of Palestine is informed and passionate. It pulls no punches in its critique of Jewish-Israeli policies (policies...
How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs – Book Review
How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs – Book Review
How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs, by Elizabeth F. Thomson. (Photo: Book...
Palestinian Citizens in Israel: A History Through Fiction, 1948-2010
In the aftermath of the 1948 Nakba, Palestinians have had to contend with different forms of erasure and fragmentation of Palestinian identity, while acquainting...
What will liberation look like for North America and Palestine?
What will liberation look like for North America and Palestine? Steven Salaita makes the case for a global decolonization movement, in a book that...
Palestine: The End of the Bedouins?
Today, most of the Jordan Valley, undoubtedly one of the most ravishing landscapes on the planet, is situated in what is known as Area...
The Sand Catcher
GU-Q scholar pens debut novel on complexity of Palestinian memory
Author and scholar Omar Khalifah (pictured), an associate professor of Arabic literature and culture at...
In the land of my birth: A Palestinian boyhood
Reja-e Busailah has lost two dear parts of himself over the course of his lifetime: his sight and his homeland. In his autobiography, “In...
Palestine and Rule of Power – A MUST-READ INTERVIEW
Alaa Tartir discusses his new edited anthology: Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance. A new look into how international aid...
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Collected Memories – Photographs of Gaza
"Photo Kegham" was known all over Gaza. As one of the territory's first phtographers, the Armenian Kegham Djeghalian opened a photo studio in Gaza...
Palestinians refuse to stop thinking forward
Palestinians refuse to stop thinking forward
The quasi-besieged Palestinian leaderships in Ramallah and Gaza are rather lucky. Despite the multitude of crises that they find...
Palestine Update Nr. 390 , Fortschrittliche jüdische Opposition gegen Zionismus ...
Palestine Update Nr. 390 , Fortschrittliche jüdische Opposition gegen Zionismus 25.7.20
Meinung
*Fortschrittliche jüdische Opposition gegen Zionismus*
Zionismus war viele Jahre lang eine Minderheitsbewegung in...