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…
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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…
The quality of preaching in the region of Galilee is rather poor. At best it may be categorized as a topical style. Narrative preaching is unknown to most of the pastors, preachers and leaders of the region due to a lack of awareness and education. The purpose of this study was …
Scholars in such disparate fields as philosophy, economics, and political science argue that a system of well-defined property rights is a key factor in economic development and subsequently political stability and security. Despite significant theoretical and empirical support …
This dissertation examines the Quakers' Ramallah Mission by focusing on the Friends Girls School, a case study of the interaction between Americans and Palestinians. It shows how both sides arrived at a "meeting ground" reflecting their shared values, such as a high regard for e…
My Voice is My Weapon examines the dynamics of music, nationalism, and resistance as realized through performance among Palestinians in Israel, the occupied territories, and Jordan. Based on eighteen months ethnographic fieldwork this dissertation explores the ways in which musi…
She bomber, "lipstick martyrs," and "cheerleaders for the jihad" are names Western newspaper texts have proposed for the Palestinian female suicide bomber. Images of the "gentler sex" putting on a vest full of loaded ammunition and blowing herself up in an attempt to kill as man…
This study presents the results of qualitative research of the experiences and attitudes of Palestinian Christian students concerning inter-faith discussions with their Muslim fellow students at Bir Zeit University. The aim of the research was to inform ministry to the Christian…
The Palestinian economy is a small open economy with poor endowments of natural resources and unmarked national borders. Almost 80% of its foreign trade is conducted with a single trading partner, Israel. It currently exports 17% of its output, which in turn finances only about …
This study examined the participatory development practice of international Northern NGOs in the context of the area governed by the Palestinian Authority. It was conducted in two phases. The first contained a two-round Delphi study to solicit the definitions and conceptualizati…
This is an ethnographic study of the lives of four generations of Palestinian refugees at Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem. The struggle began when Palestinians were exiled from their village home in 1948 and, since that time, have been forced to organize against the Israelis as a m…