University of California Press has a well-known and powerful list on the Middle East, including influential titles, series, and journals in Palestinian Studies. We feel it’s imperative to speak out in horror …
Read More >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 …
Read More >New Directions in Palestinian Studies book series, the first of its kind in the United States, solicits rigorous and innovative manuscripts that put Palestinians at the center of knowledge production projects. It …
Read More >In their new book, Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire, scholars Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini chronicle the chilling global history of human shields. From Syrian civilians …
Read More >2018 has been a pivotal year during which we witnessed critical developments in Palestine. From the ongoing siege and assaults on Gaza to the Trump administration’s moving of the U.S. Embassy to …
Read More >This post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in San Jose. Check for other posts from the conference. By Ilana Feldman, author of Life Lived in Relief: Humanitarian Predicaments and Palestinian Refugee Politics …
Read More >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 …
Read More >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. …
Read More >May 15, 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”) and the forced expulsion of nearly 750,000 Palestinians from their homes when the State of Israel was established in …
Read More >By Sunaina Maira, author of Boycott!: The Academy and Justice for Palestine On December 19, 2017, sixteen-year old Ahed Tamimi slapped Israeli soldiers who had invaded her home in the West Bank. The …
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