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Iraqi artist offers nostalgic view of Jaffa

London show by Nedim Kufi includes historical images of 1930s Palestinian city.

My Palestinian identity: when memory and reality meet

Identity, deeply rooted as it may be in memory, history, and the representations of these, is put at stake once one is finally confronted by its realities.

Film footage from Palestine back in 1896

It is becoming a trend among influential GOP candidates to call out the Palestinian people as “invented” or even “non-existent”. First we had Republican candidate Newt Gingrich calling the Palestinians an “invented people”. Another rising star, Republican candidate Rick Santorum, has also said “There is no Palestine”.

Pappe reassesses legacy of Palestinian dynasty

Asa Winstanley
8 September 2011
Ilan Pappe’s new political biography, The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty, profiles the history of one of Jerusalem’s predominant Palestinian families.

Edward Said on claims to the land and the occupation of Palestine

Debating with the passion of a “dispossessed” Palestinian, Said makes a few crucial points on the Zionist claims to the land, the occupation of Palestine, and mobilization against the Israeli occupation.
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