– Edward Said
The late Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, remarked that Palestinians had been denied permission to narrate their history and speak of the day-to-day experiences of life in the margins. Here, we reclaim that permission to narrate our own stories.
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In a recent article, The Washington Post reported on the story of Jaseer Afyet, a Palestinian banana farmer in Al-Auja, which is a town north of Jericho in the West Bank.
Owing to the low elevation, heat, humidity, and high oxygen levels in the Jordan River Valley, Jericho’s bananas are prized for their sweetness and rich flavor and were popular in markets throughout the Middle East.
Dr. Ramzy Baroud and Dr. Trita Parsi will discuss and analyze the normalization deal between Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, and the US.
From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article was published by Fadi Quran, Tahani Mustafa in Al Shabaka on September 10, 2020 “The Palestinian Authority (PA) won praise for its handling of the first wave of COVID-19 that swept over the occupied Palestinian … Read more
Since World War II the Israel lobby has exerted enormous influence over US foreign policy. Yet with a few notable exceptions, scholars and journalists have done a poor job of researching and analyzing the lobby, in part because they are routinely smeared for doing so. Building on his previous study, Israel’s Armor: The Israel Lobby and the First Generation of the Palestine Conflict, Walter Hixson explains how Israel and the U.S. lobby have collaborated for decades to distort history and fend off challenges to Israel’s congenital aggression in Palestine.
Gallery Al-Quds Please join Executive Director Mohamed Mohamed, Curator Emerita Dagmar Painter and artist Sam Husseini as they discuss the newest exhibition, Invisibly Present/Visibly Absent, at Gallery Al-Quds. Wednesday September 2 at 3 pm EST. Sam Husseini is an artist and writer who makes connections between art and politics, seeing “layers of lies” in the … Read more
The Palestine Center Presents a virtual Book Talk with Rashid Khalidi The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Nakba: 72 Years of Displacement, Exile, and Oppression (May 27, 2020) A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal … Read more
30-year-old Ahmad Amarneh received a demolition notice from Israeli authorities. This is obviously nothing new for Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. What is unique about this situation is that the Amarneh family lives in a cave. Yes, as absurd as it sounds, they literally live in a cave, and the Israelis want to demolish it.
On August 13, 2020, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to normalize relations between their two countries, with the assistance of the United States. In return, Israel agreed to temporarily “suspend” or “delay” its plans to annex the Palestinian West Bank. The only thing historic about this agreement is that it is now official. In reality, Israel and the UAE have been cooperating and normalizing relations under the table for many years.
In an online virtual delivery of the Hisham Sharabi Memorial Lecture, Dr. Hatem Bazian will chart the shift in American public opinion around Palestine. This shift is the result of an accumulative process that took shape during the 1980s and early 90s, and finds context in several successful national and transnational movements.
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