Forced migration has come to be the defining feature of the contemporary Middle East, a region that is both the source of and host to some of the largest forcibly displaced populations in the world. In 2015, 65 percent of the world’s 19.4 million refugees—including the 5.5 million Palesti...
a huge festival in the Indian city of Prayagraj, rushed to bathe in holy river waters on what is considered one of the most auspicious dates in the Hindu calendar. As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, which Hindus consider...
An example of the contradictory role of home comes from the migration research of Ahmed (1999), who views home as both familiar and/or strange. Ahmed’s idea can be extended to describe home as both castle and cage. This section will further explore the second and more negative element of...
Meanwhile, the Israeli side emphasizes that the State of Israel, as the state of the Jewish nation, represents Jewish-democratic values, which also include Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and the development of settlements in these areas. See: M. Galchinsky, The Jewish Settlements in the...
city-based modernitylongenjoyedbyIsraelis.Sharon’swasadeliberatestrategy tocompelPalestinianstoindefinitepoverty. TheIsraelismadedramaticeffortsintheinvasiontoundermine thealreadyslowmodernisationofthecitiesthattodayhousethevast majorityofthePalestinianpeople.Watertanksweresystematically riddenwithbullets.Electronic...
She reveals a different side of history, tells an unspoken story, brings Arab women performers to the center of the (Jewish) city square. By echoing the story of Al-Manshiyya, she also strengthens the Palestinian collective identity, thus deepening her own roots in the land. "Part of our ...