Mobility Archives - The Jerusalem Fund

2016 Summer Intern Panel: “Overcoming Restrictions: Resistance through Publication & Expression”

August 11, 2016July 27, 2016 by Samirah Alkassim

In the concluding panel of the 2016 Summer Intern Lecture Series, Dr. William Youmans and Ms. Laila El-Haddad examine the less concrete but equally powerful restraints on the mobility of ideas in the Palestinian context. These include Israel’s suppression of political and literary expression, manipulation of the news, media blackouts, and outright censorship. As writers and social media experts, these panelists offer their experiences in the use of written and electronic media as powerful tools in the spread of ideas and resistance to Israel’s polities.

2016 Summer Intern Panel: “Restrictions on Mobility: Structural Mechanisms & Physical Barriers”

August 11, 2016July 20, 2016 by Samirah Alkassim

This panel with Dr. Shira Robinson and Mr. Minem Maroof examines the policies behind the restrictions on Palestinian movement, both physical and legal, and how these mechanisms limit Palestinian freedom of movement and allow Israel to maintain a matrix of control over the Palestinian population.

2016 Summer Intern Lecture: “Conceptions of Mobility”

July 28, 2016July 12, 2016 by Samirah Alkassim

Dr. Julie Peteet explores mobility as an intended consequence of military occupation in a keynote lecture that opens the 2016 Summer Intern Lecture Series, “Mobility: Israel’s Structural Restrictions and Palestine’s Resistance” on July 11, 2016. She argues that Israeli policies of closure and separation through physical structures and bureaucratic requirements constrain Palestinians’ mobility. Dr. Peteet’s presentation draws from her research, fieldwork in the West Bank, and expertise in space and mobility, Palestinian culture, and resistance.