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 study is about the struggles, failures and triumphs of a nationalist movement in imagining the nation. All nationalisms are associated with iconic images, persons and narratives which articulate specific stories about the nation's past. I argue that the story of Palestinian…
The 1990 Gulf War disrupted the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan's secular nationalist trend. To the extent that Palestinian in Jordan, who constitute the majority, saw Saddam Hussein as a force willing to challenge Israeli regional hegemony, his defeat not only represented another A…
Media play a pivotal role in bringing home news of distant conflicts. Simultaneously, news media also construct normal/deviant dichotomies, making judgment calls on actors and acts involved in conflicts. This dissertation investigates the construction of Palestinian political vi…
Assuming a cultural psychology approach to the study of life-course development and a narrative approach to the study of identity, this dissertation examined adolescent identity development in the context of political conflict. From 2003 to 2006, fieldwork was conducted in two A…
The right of return is a central theme in the collective ethos and identities of Jewish Israelis and Palestinians. Discussions on the Palestinian right of return have constituted one of the main hurdles in reaching an agreement in the context of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotia…
The primary concern of this dissertation is to inquire into the possibility of de-structing the state-sovereignty-citizenship complex and its monopoly on the political by means of the camp—the Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and the camp as constituted by Giorgio Agamben. T…
Since the establishment of the State of Israel a body of literature has amassed that deals with the question of the Arabs in Israel. Most researchers start from the empirical reality that Palestinians and Jews in Israel are residentially segregated from each other. Many write of…
Little research was found available in the literature concerning the numerous challenges that refugee children and adolescents face in exile. Since access to educational opportunities is perhaps one of the most fundamental of these challenges, it was considered one worthy of fur…
Despite the difficulties of reaching the world of Islam with the gospel, individual Muslims do put their faith in Christ. Literature on the subject of Muslim conversions identifies a range of conversion factors. However, little detail is available on Palestinian converts. The au…
In this dissertation, Islamic art is explored and defined by focusing on its unifying elements and features such as the use of geometrical patterns, arabesque, Arabic calligraphy, and secular figurative art. The mosque ( masjid ) as a place of worship for Muslims and a gallery f…
This dissertation examines the multifaceted relationships within the Palestinian-Israeli community and between that community and the outside world between 1948 and 1967. It argues that many Palestinian-Israeli activists, writers and intellectuals expressed dissatisfaction with …
This thesis examines local interpretations and effects of children's rights in Palestinian refugee camps in Amman, Jordan, where a large Palestinian refugee population has been waiting for a solution that would put an end to their hardship and would make them return to Palestine…
Breast cancer is a threatening disease to women worldwide. Breast cancer screening (BCS) is a key to early detection and reduced mortality. Factors predicting women's participation in BCS have been well studied in the United States (US), including among major US racial and ethni…
This study examines the participation of different social groups at an Islamic festival in Jerusalem honouring the Prophet Moses (al-Nabi Musa ), during the period of British rule in Palestine, from 1917 to 1937. These different social groups included Arab nationalist leaders, I…
Palestinian accounts of life before they became refugees in 1948 have made significant contributions to what we know about village and urban life at that time. This dissertation discusses how we can understand village memorial books, autobiographies, oral history collections, an…