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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Breaking the Taboo: Palestine and Armed Resistance
By Thinking Palestine Editors Introducing this issue, the editors confront the taboo surrounding Palestinian armed...
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The Gun and the Olive Branch: Anti-Colonial Armed Struggle from South Africa to Palestine
By Ronnie Kasrils Drawing on South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, Ronnie Kasrils examines how armed resistance,...
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The Other Side of the Struggle: The Untold History of Palestinian Women’s Resistance
By Romana Rubeo Romana Rubeo traces nearly a century of Palestinian women’s resistance, restoring organizers,...
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Was Hamas Created by Israel? The Myth that Erases Palestinian Agency
By Robert Inlakesh Robert Inlakesh challenges claims that Israel created or propped up Hamas, showing...
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Outsmarting the Sky: The Secret History of Gaza’s Subterranean Resistance
By Ramzy Baroud Tracing Gaza’s armed struggle from ancient defenses to modern tunnel warfare,...
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Palestine Resists: From Fanon and Kanafani to Armed Struggle and Return
By Tahrir Hamdi Drawing on anti-colonial thinkers and Palestine’s revolutionary history, Tahrir Hamdi argues that...
Why Didn’t Iran Put Gaza on the Table? A Difficult Answer
From Gaza to Tehran, from the politics of resistance to the limits of regional diplomacy, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 war: why was Palestine not explicitly placed at the center of Iran’s ceasefire framework?
Deterrence, Doctrine: Revival of Lebanon Front Spells Strategic Disaster for Israel
In this analysis, Robert Inlakesh examines Israel’s evolving war doctrine after October 7, focusing on the renewed Lebanon front.
Blueprint of Failure: On Iran, Gaza, and How Europe Plotted Its Own Irrelevance
By Romana Rubeo From Iran to Palestine, from Ukraine to quiet acquiescence under American dictates, Europe appears increasingly devoid of strategic direction. Worse still, in...
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...
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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