A Compass for the Sunflower

Hawwa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorit Gottesfeld
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The Political ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
The West ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Female Self ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

AbstractThis paper examines the distinctiveness in content and style of narrative texts written by prominent Palestinian women writers from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and the Diaspora, from 1948 to the present day. The paper diachronically examines the changes and developments that have taken place from period to period. It also synchronically examines the characteristics common to works from the same period and the differences between one writing locus and another. It shows that over the years, the writing of Palestinian women writers has become more refined in thematic and stylistic terms, while combining personal with national issues. Although the female self in the works of Palestinian women writers has become increasingly accentuated, the political dimension does not disappear from their work, and seems to be laying in wait to burst forth at any opportunity.

“The Other Voice”

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-252
Author(s):  
Dorit Gottesfeld
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
Women's Literature ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Female Self ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
Female Presence ◽  
New Generation ◽  
National Reality

This article examines two anthologies of Palestinian women’s literature, published in Ramallah in the 1990s. Its objective is to map the writing trends of new generation Palestinian women writers whose works appear in the anthologies and to highlight the factors and constraints that influence their writing. The article reveals that while only a few stories focus wholly on a description of the female “self”, most of the stories relate to the Palestinian political reality in two principal ways: one which blurs the female presence almost completely, second which portrays the interaction between the political-national reality and the “female” reality. The article also illustrates how the nature of Palestinian women’s literature is influenced by the location of the writer and also by the extent of her desire to be “accepted” culturally and so to be included in anthologies such as those under discussion.

scholarly journals Palestinian Refugees: A Gendered Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-112
Author(s):  
Nof Nasser Eddin ◽  
Nof Nasser-Eddin
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
The West ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

This article argues that the situation of Palestinian refugees is still relevant till this day. There are around five million refugees living in neighbouring Arab countries, such as Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt, as well as neighbouring areas in Palestine itself, like the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under very precarious conditions. Their situation is extremely unstable as any changes in the region can influence them directly. The need to address this issue is particularly important because Palestinian refugees (as well as internally displaced Palestinians) have been both historically and politically marginalised. In particular, I will argue for a need to gender the debate around the Palestinian refugees, because the distinct experience of women Palestinian refugees has been overlooked within this context. Most literature has focused on the Palestinian refugees as a holistic population, which assumes all refugees share the same struggle. However, understanding the position of women within the context of the refugees and the unique struggles they face is essential to understanding their particular experiences as refugees and in highlighting their differential needs; this is why a feminist perspective is needed within the field of refugee studies. This article is based on a feminist journey drawing on research interviews with female Palestinian refugees in camps in Jordan, and with Syrian Palestinian women in Turkey, Jordan and Europe.

Psychoanalysis under Occupation: Nonviolence and Dialogue Initiatives as a Psychic Extension of the Closure System

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Sheehi
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
The Political ◽  
Closure System ◽  
The West ◽  
Psychic Life ◽  
Binary Relationship ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

This article examines how ‘dialogue initiatives’ function as the psychic extension of Israel's Apartheid closure system and as an act of ‘extractive introjection.’ The article pays particular critical attention to the political and psychological fallacies offered by the theoretical concept (or phantasy) of ‘third space,’ which purportedly provides a possibility for ‘co-created’ space that extricates victim and victimized from their binary relationship. Rather, the author proposes that ‘third space’ facilitates Israelis’ theft of Palestinian individual and collective psychic life. In response, the author posits that sumud, or acts of refusal and ‘stalwartness,’ functions as a psychological means of defending against these assaults within the dehumanizing spatial, material, and social realities of Israel's closure system in the West Bank and Gaza.

scholarly journals The Model's Women Parliament

1970 ◽  
pp. 40-41
Author(s):  
Sama Aweidah-Liftawi
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
The West ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Women's Center ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

he project is executed through the Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling (amember in the Arab Women's Forum - Aisha) which has conducted a comprehensive survey of the discriminatory laws against Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza.

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