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11
May

Recommended Reading: Palestinian Studies

UC Press publishes numerous titles that center Palestinians and contribute to globalizing knowledge about the Palestinians in and beyond Palestine. In addition to the open-access series New Directions in Palestinian Studies, UC …

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17
Nov

Political Power in Palestine’s Electrical Grid

This guest post is published as part of our blog series related to the Middle Eastern Studies Association annual meeting November 15-18 in San Antonio, TX. #MESA2018 By Fredrik Meiton, author of Electrical Palestine: Capital …

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15
May

The Politics of Gaza’s Martyrdom

Excerpt from the preface to Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein Gaza, as former British prime minister David Cameron observed, is an “open-air prison.” The Israeli warden is in charge. …

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09
Nov

Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump

By Sunaina Maira, author of Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine This guest post is part of the ASA blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Studies Association in …

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12
Sep

“Sumud”—The Will to Resist

By Gary Fields, author of Enclosure: Palestinian Landscapes in a Historical Mirror “Sumud” (صمود‎‎) is an oft-used term in Palestinian Arabic meaning “steadfastness” and refers generally to the resistance of Palestinians to …

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