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What it means to be Palestinian : stories of Palestinian peoplehood / Dina Matar.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011.Description: xiv, 214 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1848853637
  • 9781848853638
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 416 DS 125.3 M425w 2011
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Contents:
On the road to Nakba: Palestine as a landscape and a people, 1936-48 -- Living the Nakba: in the 'perilous territory of not-belonging', 1948-64 -- Raising the fedayeen: between romance and tragedy, 1964-70 -- Living the revolution: living the occupation, 1970-87 -- Children of the stones: living the first intifada.
Summary: "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
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 416 DS 125.3 M425w 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000102806

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the road to Nakba: Palestine as a landscape and a people, 1936-48 -- Living the Nakba: in the 'perilous territory of not-belonging', 1948-64 -- Raising the fedayeen: between romance and tragedy, 1964-70 -- Living the revolution: living the occupation, 1970-87 -- Children of the stones: living the first intifada.

"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

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