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This edited volume systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing them in an increasingly polarized world and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won. Through an internationalist, anti-imperialist lens, this book explores the links between the struggle for freedom in the United States, Palestine and beyond. It examines both the historical and contemporary trajectory of the Palestine solidarity movement in order to glean lessons for today’s organizers. It also argues that, in order to achieve justice in Palestine, the movement has to take up the question of socialism regionally and internationally.
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Marda Dunsky presents a vivid overview of contemporary Palestinian society in the venues envisioned for a future Palestinian state. Through interviews with women and men from cities, towns, villages and refugee camps who are farmers, scientists, writers, cultural innovators, educators and entrepreneurs, Dunsky illuminates their resourcefulness in navigating agricultural, educational and cultural pursuits in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. The narratives weave in quantitative data and historical background from a range of primary and secondary sources that contextualize Palestinian life under occupation.
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This profound and disturbing novel by acclaimed Lebanese author Hoda Barakat tells the story of characters living on the periphery, battling with poverty and fighting their own demons. Set in an unnamed, war-torn country, the novel consists of six letters—all intercepted by unintended recipients, all of whom are compelled to write their own letters of confession. An undocumented immigrant writes his former lover. An escaped torturer recounts his crimes to his mother. A former prostitute writes to her brother. Incisive, troubling and deeply human, this is an urgent story of lives intimately woven together in a society that is tearing itself apart.
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Images of women protesting in the Arab Spring, from Tahrir Square to the streets of Tunisia and Syria, have become emblematic of the political upheaval sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. In Women Rising, Rita Stephan and Mounira M. Charrad bring together a provocative group of scholars, activists, artists and more, highlighting the first-hand experiences of these remarkable women. Contributors provide insight into a diverse range of perspectives across the entire movement, focusing on often-marginalized voices, including rural women, housewives, students and artists.
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Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Muslim and Muslim sources in tandem can breathe new life into the historical study of Muhammad and how his message transformed the world. By placing these sources within the intellectual and cultural world of late antiquity, Anthony offers a fresh assessment of the earliest sources for Muhammad’s life. He takes readers on a grand tour of the available evidence, and suggests new insights from the techniques and methods pioneered by countless scholars over the decades. The book is an authoritative introduction to the life of Muhammad as well as a compelling exploration of his time.
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Los Angeles, called Tehrangeles because it is home to the largest concentration of Iranians outside of Iran, is the birthplace of a distinctive form of post-revolutionary pop music. Created by professional musicians and media producers fleeing Iran’s revolutionary-era ban on “immoral“ popular music, Tehrangeles pop has been a part of daily life for Iranians at home and abroad for decades.
Exploring Tehrangeles pop producers’ complex commercial and political positionings, Hemmasi shows how culture, media and the diaspora combine to respond to the political transformations of the Iranian state. The transnational Tehrangeles culture, Hemmasi contends, transgresses Iran’s geographical, legal and moral boundaries while allowing all Iranians the ability to imagine new forms of identity and belonging.
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