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...
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
Defying Democide in Gaza: A White Rose for the Rubble, But Much More ..
By Naema W. M. Aldaqsha Whose grief is heard and valued? When is mourning global? And which memories are dignified? I am writing to Gaza,...
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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