I am a Palestinian sociologist with many books and articles on Palestinian people and their struggle for freedom and to overthrow the yoke of Israeli settler colonialism and repression.
Palestinian parties remain entrenched in the political system despite their splits and weaknesses... more Palestinian parties remain entrenched in the political system despite their splits and weaknesses. What role can they play within - or outside - the PLO and what other avenues exist for national or local leadership? While some Al-Shabaka policy analysts offer ideas beyond the current political set-up, others suggest ways to make the current structure work.
... In contrast is Um Sleiman, a camp resident who cleans the cooperative, is religious and veile... more ... In contrast is Um Sleiman, a camp resident who cleans the cooperative, is religious and veiled, but a great cook and hospitable. ... Oikonomides observes that Um Sleiman had not gone beyond elemen-tary education, but she learned Hebrew and other things on her own. ...
... include a report on Meeting the Housing Needs of Palestinian Women and Men by Eileen Kuttab... more ... include a report on Meeting the Housing Needs of Palestinian Women and Men by Eileen Kuttab, Randa Nassar, and Lina Mi'ari (vol. ... The Emergence of a Palestinian Glob-alized Elite: Donors, International Or-ganizations, and Local NGOs, by Sari Hanafi and Linda Tabar. ...
This chapter offers a wider historical and sociological analysis of the national Palestinian poli... more This chapter offers a wider historical and sociological analysis of the national Palestinian political field through various historical periods. It reconstructs its various articulations and the forces that drove it, as well as its internal workings, and examines the processes that led to its collapse into localized political fields formed by Palestinian communities responding to the exigencies of the situations in which they are dispersed. It argues that while this collapse has had a drastic impact on the political, economic and social dynamic of the Palestinian people, the processes of localization are also re-invigorating a cultural dynamic in a similar fashion to that which followed the Nakba of 1948. The chapter concludes by arguing that the ongoing responses of Palestinian communities to their vulnerable conditions could lead to the eventual (re)construction of a new national political field.
Palestinian parties remain entrenched in the political system despite their splits and weaknesses... more Palestinian parties remain entrenched in the political system despite their splits and weaknesses. What role can they play within - or outside - the PLO and what other avenues exist for national or local leadership? While some Al-Shabaka policy analysts offer ideas beyond the current political set-up, others suggest ways to make the current structure work.
... In contrast is Um Sleiman, a camp resident who cleans the cooperative, is religious and veile... more ... In contrast is Um Sleiman, a camp resident who cleans the cooperative, is religious and veiled, but a great cook and hospitable. ... Oikonomides observes that Um Sleiman had not gone beyond elemen-tary education, but she learned Hebrew and other things on her own. ...
... include a report on Meeting the Housing Needs of Palestinian Women and Men by Eileen Kuttab... more ... include a report on Meeting the Housing Needs of Palestinian Women and Men by Eileen Kuttab, Randa Nassar, and Lina Mi'ari (vol. ... The Emergence of a Palestinian Glob-alized Elite: Donors, International Or-ganizations, and Local NGOs, by Sari Hanafi and Linda Tabar. ...
This chapter offers a wider historical and sociological analysis of the national Palestinian poli... more This chapter offers a wider historical and sociological analysis of the national Palestinian political field through various historical periods. It reconstructs its various articulations and the forces that drove it, as well as its internal workings, and examines the processes that led to its collapse into localized political fields formed by Palestinian communities responding to the exigencies of the situations in which they are dispersed. It argues that while this collapse has had a drastic impact on the political, economic and social dynamic of the Palestinian people, the processes of localization are also re-invigorating a cultural dynamic in a similar fashion to that which followed the Nakba of 1948. The chapter concludes by arguing that the ongoing responses of Palestinian communities to their vulnerable conditions could lead to the eventual (re)construction of a new national political field.
The apaer traces the socio-economic changes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since their occupatio... more The apaer traces the socio-economic changes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since their occupation in June 1967 and the impact of the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 on class formation in these areas.
This paper traces the socio-economic transformation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under settler... more This paper traces the socio-economic transformation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under settler-colonialism (i.e. since the Israeli occupation in June 1967) and the impact on class structure of the formation of the Palestinian Authority in 1994.
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