Voices of the Nakba – A Living History of Palestine

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Edited by Diana Allan
Afterword by Rosemary Sayigh

Author Bio:

Diana Allan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at McGill University. She is a filmmaker and the co-founder of the Nakba Archive. Her ethnography, Refugees of the Revolution: Experiences of Palestinian Exile, (Stanford University Press, 2013) won the MEMO Palestine academic book award and the American Anthropological Association, Middle East Section Award.

Reviews: 

‘Through the pages of this book the reader can hear, feel, experience and understand more about the Nakba than by reading any other book on the subject’
– Raja Shehadeh, author of ‘Going Home: A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation’

‘Imaginatively curated and framed […] A brilliant contribution to the current moment as the world finally understands the true nature of the Palestinian struggle’
– Ahdaf Soueif, author of ‘The Map of Love’

‘The oral history of colonised people is a lifeline against the coloniser’s official history with its violent erasure. This excellent book centres the marginalised voices of Palestinians, reflecting the rich and complex tapestry of their experiences’
– Ibtisam Azem, author of ‘The Book of Disappearance’

‘A monumental achievement […] Enhancing the use of oral history as a research methodology, this book is a major addition to Nakba Studies and the living history of modern Palestine. A must read for those interested in the roots of the Palestinian refugee question and a just future for Palestine.’
– Professor Nur Masalha, Palestinian historian and formerly Director of the Centre for Religion and History at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham

Contents: 

List of Figures
Map of Palestine
Acknowledgements
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Foreword by Mahmoud Zeidan
Introduction: Past Continuous by Diana Allan
PART I: Life in Pre-1948 Palestine
1. Village Life in Palestine – Rochelle Davis
2. Of Forests and Trees: City Life in 1930s Palestine – Sherene Seikaly
3. The Margin and the Centre in Narrating Pre-1948 Palestine – Amirah Silmi
4. Mandated Memory: The Schooling of Palestine in Nicola Ziadeh’s and Anis Sayigh’s Pre-1948 Recollections – Dyala Hamzah
PART II: The British Mandate and Palestinian and Arab Resistance
5. Motivations and Tensions of Palestinian Police Service under British Rule – Alex Winder
6. Storying the Great Arab Revolt: Narratives of Resistance During 1936–39 – Jacob Norris
7. Songs of Resistance – Ted Swedenburg
PART III: War and Ethnic Cleansing
8. The Roots of the Nakba – Salman Abu Sitta
9. Four Villages, Four Stories: Ethnic Cleansing Massacres in al-Jalil – Saleh Abdel Jawad
10. Remembering the Fight – Laila Parsons
PART IV: Flight and Exile
11. The Dispossession of Lydda – Lena Jayyusi
12. Scars of the Mind: Trauma, Gender and Counter-Memories of the Nakba – Ruba Salih
13. The Politics of Listening – Cynthia Kreichati
Afterword: Oral History in Palestinian Studies by Rosemary Sayigh
Contributors and Translators
Glossary
Notes
Index

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