
What it Means to be Palestinian
Stories of Palestinian Peoplehood
Dina Matar(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 30. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-84885-363-8 (ISBN)
Description
"What It Means to be Palestinian" is a narrative of narratives, a collection of personal stories, remembered feelings and reconstructed experiences by different Palestinians whose lives were changed and shaped by history. Their stories are told chronologically through particular phases of the Palestinian national struggle, providing a composite autobiography of Palestine as a landscape and as a people. The book begins with the 1936 revolt against British rule in Palestine and ends in 1993, with the Oslo peace agreement that changed the nature and form of the national struggle. It is based on in-depth interviews and conversations with Palestinians, male and female, old and young, rich and poor, religious and secular, in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel and the Occupied Territories. Presented as remembered personal narratives and as 'social' histories, these conversations provide a deep & intimate account of what it means to be Palestinian in the 21st century.
Reviews / Votes
'These are accounts of ordinary people who have striven through the harrowing experience of war and futile negotiation, searching for a life and a place that the rest of the world will respect and protect.' - Jon Snow; 'Dina Matar's book presents fragments of memory: of self, people and a vanishing landscape from a lost past whose voices ring painfully in the present. This is a book of discovery, conviction and a labour of love that will appeal to a wide readership.' - Yasir Suleiman, Professor of Modern Arabic Studies and Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, King's College, CambridgeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 b/w integrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
273 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84885-363-8 (9781848853638)
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Person
Dina Matar is lecturer in Arab Media and International Political Communication at the Centre for Film and Media Studies, the School of Oriental and African Studies. She was formerly a foreign correspondent and editor covering the Middle East, Europe and Africa. She is also a co-editor of the 'Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication'.
Content
Introduction
Chapter One: Palestine as a Landscape and a People: On the road to Nakba
Chapter Two: Living the Nakba: In the Perilous Territory of not-Belonging
Chapter Three: Between Romance and Tragedy
Chapter Four: Living the Revolution: Living the Occupation
Chapter Five: Children of the Stone: Living the first intifada
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Chapter One: Palestine as a Landscape and a People: On the road to Nakba
Chapter Two: Living the Nakba: In the Perilous Territory of not-Belonging
Chapter Three: Between Romance and Tragedy
Chapter Four: Living the Revolution: Living the Occupation
Chapter Five: Children of the Stone: Living the first intifada
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index