The book project emerges out of two affinities. The first was our affection for and admiration of Wasif Jawhariyyeh’s seven volume photographic albums in Beirut and Athens tracing the modernity of Jerusalem and Palestine from the 1870s to 1948.
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The Ambiguous Encampment of the World
Michel Agier (ed.), Un monde de camps (A World of Camps), (Paris: La Découverte, 2014).
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Displaced Intentions
Write Down, I Am an Arab, directed by Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuhin. Israel/Palestine, 2014.
Borrowing the opening line of one of Mahmoud Darwish’s most famous poems, “Identity Card,” filmmaker Ibtis..
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The Anbar Crisis: Inadequate Response to Increasing Needs
[The following press release was issued by the Danish Refugee Council on 12 March 2014]
The violence in Iraq`s western pro..
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Misery Beyond the War Zone: Life for Syrian Refugees and Displaced Populations in Lebanon
[The following report was issued by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on 6 February 2013.]
Misery Beyond the War Zone: Life for Syrian Refugees and Displaced Po..
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Gatekeepers and Evictions: Somalia's Displaced Population at Risk
[The following report was issued by Refugees International on 1 November 2012.]
Gatekeepers and Evictions: Somalia`s Displace..
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New Texts Out Now: Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh and Isis Nusair, Displaced at Home
Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh and Isis Nusair, editors, Displaced at Home: Ethnicity and Gender among Palestinians in Israel. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010.
Jadaliyya: Wha..
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NEWTON Authors Rochelle Davis and Alan Mikhail Receive 2011 MESA Book Awards
We are very happy to report that two authors whose books were recently featured in New Texts Out Now (NEWTON) were recipients of prestigious awards at the 2011 Middle East Studies Association convention.
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New Texts Out Now: Rochelle Davis, Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced
Rochelle Davis, Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2011.
[Co-winner of the
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