The nakba news, research and analysis - the conversation

The nakba news, research and analysis - the conversation

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December 15, 2024 Chandni Desai, _University of Toronto_ A cultural studies scholar says Netflix’s removal of their ‘Palestinian Stories’ section, along with about 20 films, is more than a


simple business decision: it’s instead an act of cultural erasure. February 8, 2024 Chandni Desai, _University of Toronto_ Scholars say Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s schools, universities


and museums are part of an ongoing project to destroy Palestinian people, identity and ideas. November 16, 2023 Maha Nassar, _University of Arizona_ The slogan has been attacked as


‘antisemitic’ and defended as a ‘call for freedom.’ Behind the controversy is decades of usage. October 25, 2023 Anne Irfan, _UCL_ Dates that changed the course of history in what has been


called ‘the world’s largest open-air prison’. July 5, 2023 Maha Nassar, _University of Arizona_ Israeli troops have withdrawn after two days of fighting in a camp in the occupied West Bank.


But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that it would not be a ‘one-time action.’ May 11, 2023 Marwan Darweish, _Coventry University_ The village of Lajjun, near Nazareth, which was


destroyed in 1948 to make room for a kibbutz is a microcosm of the catastrophe that still affects Palestinians 75 years later. May 11, 2023 Maha Nassar, _University of Arizona_ For the first


time, the United Nations will mark the commemoration of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948. May 4, 2023 Boké Saisi, _The Conversation_ and Vinita Srivastava,


_The Conversation_ __The UN’s resolution to recognize Nakba Day on May 15, to mark the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in 1948, helps to acknowledge past traumas but does the


resolution have other implications? May 15, 2018 Dorit Naaman, _Queen's University, Ontario_ A documentary filmmaker discusses her work which looks at the erased history of Palestinians


in a Jerusalem neighbourhood in order to point to the possibility of a shared Jewish/Arab future.