A Culture of Defiance
The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue
Nadia Naser-Najjab & Ilan Pappe
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Territorial Imperialism Returns: What Lies Behind the Israeli Assault on Iran?
From Israel’s early alliance with the Shah’s Iran to the rise of messianic Zionism and expanding regional warfare, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 assault on Iran.
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Iran’s Chess Game: The Grandmaster is Not far from Checkmate
By Jeremy Salt In this analysis, Jeremy Salt examines the expanding US-Israeli war on Iran...
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Beyond the Veil of Propaganda: The Realities of Iranian Society
By Hanieh Tarkian Hanieh Tarkian challenges Western narratives on Iran, arguing that it has been...
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Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival
By M. Reza Behnam In this analysis, M. Reza Behnam examines Iran’s modern political identity...
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The Gaza Genocide beneath the Shadows of the Iran War: The Limits of Power
Richard Falk examines the Gaza genocide and the expanding US-Israeli war on Iran as interconnected expressions of a broader geopolitical project.
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BRICS, Global South, and Iran: Multipolarity and Shifting Power
By Iqbal Jassat In this analysis, Iqbal Jassat examines the US-Israeli wars on Iran through...
In This Issue: Iran in Focus—Resistance, Sovereignty and the Battle for West Asia
By Thinking Palestine Editors ‘Iran in Focus’ emerges from an urgent necessity: to confront the “war of words” and strategic framing that have long defined...
Enduring Solidarity: Unpicking the Importance of Palestinian Culture in the UK Solidarity Movement
By Imran Ahmed The intricately constructed garment at the back of the Palestine Museum in Bristol is so beautiful that you could be forgiven for...
‘This Arrogant Enemy Does Not Understand History Lessons’: Israel’s Colonial Reversion to the Noose
By Zarefah Baroud Israel is also confronted by something older than Israel itself: namely, the willingness and ability of the Palestinian people to mobilize and...
Art as Political Infrastructure: How Artistic Engagement Mobilizes Palestine Solidarity
These are just a few examples of how artists use artistic expression and storytelling to expose the repression of Palestinian voices and restore their memory and humanity in ways that speak to broad audiences.
Why Cultural Resistance Matters – A Palestinian Introspection on People, Power and History
Each issue will be organized around a central theme and developed in collaboration with respected institutions, organizations, and individuals working in the field.
The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize – ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue
On June 5, 2025, the European Centre for Palestine Studies (ECPS) hosted a workshop titled “Cultural Resistance – Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize.”
Resistance in Palestinian Art: The Role and Significance of Culture in Our Struggle
By Nadia Naser-Najjab Art and culture have long enabled us to confront dispossession, assert identity, and resist erasure by colonization and now genocide. Cultural resistance...
The Sound of Resistance: How Music Challenges Israeli Occupation
By Mehmet Rakipoğlu The concept of sumud (steadfastness), the philosophical backbone of Palestinian identity, manifests in the songs as an active willingness to self-sacrifice in...
The Privilege of Detachment: Reflections from Occupied Palestine
By Ari Jafari My detachment is possible only because of our collective attachment, their stubborn refusal to accept the erasure that colonial logic demands. Returning...
Palestinian Art in the Struggle for Liberation, Cultural Sovereignty
Palestine’s deeply intertwined cultural and political landscapes are not just vehicles of expression but vital tools of resistance
Ilan Pappé
is a professor at the University of Exeter. He was formerly a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa.
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is Senior lecturer in Palestine Studies, European Centre for Palestine Studies- Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.
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Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Ghada Karmi founded the European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) in 2009 in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at Exeter University (Russell Group).
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Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Ghada Karmi founded the European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) in 2009 in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at Exeter University (Russell Group).
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