Monograph examining the allegations concerning the violation of human rights of Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied territorys of the West bank and gaza - discusses Israeli disregard of geneva conventions with respect to the legal aspects of land settlements, suppression of …
This dissertation explores how the contradictory historical processes set in motion by the politics of empire, nationhood and sovereignty in the Middle East are critically refracted through everyday practices of kinship and self-making in Palestinian refugee communities in Tyre …
This thesis sheds light on the struggle to define Jerusalem which is occurring through its growing tourist industry, land use issues, collective memory, and historical conflicts by studying the cultural and political struggles surrounding the Western Wall tunnel and the recently…
This thesis provides an explanation of why Israel in the years between 1988 and 1994
Job satisfaction and motivation continues to be of great significance in the recruitment, commitment, retention, productivity and mental health of nurses, particularly, in collectivist communities like the Palestinian one. Therefore, the overall aims of this study are to ascerta…
The purpose of this thesis was to examine if Palestinian Women in the Diaspora demonstrate political agency to preserve the Palestinian ethnic and nationalistic identities. Historical and modern-day accounts are analyzed in evaluating the motivations of Palestinian Women’s polit…
This study explores the emotional perceptions, language practices, and language experiences of Palestinian multilinguals in Palestine, and the more under-studied population in the diaspora - focusing on Arabic, English, and Hebrew. A total of 47 participants filled out the adapt…
This dissertation examines the rhetorical articulation of home in the work of Mahmoud Darwish and Assia Djebar. In their attempt to reconstitute the trope of home differently from its inherited configurations, the two writers recall moments of interruption in their literary heri…
This study explores the future Palestinian educational system as envisioned by the Palestinian leadership and educators in the new Palestinian self-ruled areas. The study provides a vision and a set of guidelines to develop an educational system and a broad-based curriculum phil…
The First Palestinian Intifada (1987-1993) began on December 9, 1987 with riots protesting the killing of a young Palestinian man by the Israeli Defense Forces. The riots quickly grew into a much larger grassroots uprising-- Intifada --against Israeli occupation. In the followin…
This study examines the relationship between the national project—the political process through which a nation becomes a legal, territorial entity—and educational research. Acknowledging the political nature of knowledge production and understanding educational research not simp…
This dissertation examines the role of civilian-based resistance in three conflicts pitting nations against states. It analyzes how three popular movements systematically employed nonviolent sanctions including protests, strikes, civil disobedience, non-cooperation, and the crea…
The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceived role and effectiveness of three contemporary Palestinian- and Arab-American organizations that support the establishment of a Palestinian state from the perspective of the organization founders, leaders, and members. The stu…
This dissertation explores the role that the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been playing in Palestinian state-building since the 1970s. UNRWA's role is examined by assessing the impact of the organization's socio-economi…
This study investigated the impact of participation in the Seeds of Peace International Summer Camp program on attitudes toward perceived enemies and in-group members. Specifically, individuals' social dominance orientation, stereotype attributions, closeness to own and out-grou…