Israel & Palestine
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 Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle EastFrom European Colony to US Power Projection Platform |
One US military leader has called Israel “the intelligence equivalent of five CIAs.” An Israeli cabinet minister likens his country to “the equivalent of a dozen US aircraft … | Stephen Gowans | 252 | 2019 | View |
 Pay No Heed to the RocketsPalestine in the Present Tense |
Marcello Di Cintio first visited Palestine in 1999. Like most outsiders, the Palestinian narrative that he knew had been simplified by a seemingly unending struggle, a near-Sisyphean curse of … | Marcello Di Cintio | 264 | 2018 | View |
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From  IntroductionThe Girl in the Green Dress |
The introduction describes the experience of the author as he crosses the border into Palestine. | Marcello Di Cintio | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From Introduction |
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From Anti-Semitism |
Chapter One examines the history of anti-semitism as a tool of the political Right. The chapter explores how the roots of anti-semitism go much farther back than Hitler, but trace their roots … | Stephen Gowans | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen |
This chapter describes the experiences of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish from the 1940s to the present. | Marcello Di Cintio | 25 | 2018 | $2.50 Add |
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From Whenever My Sore Heart Gets HungryThe Quest for Land |
In this chapter, the author explores the evolution and current situation of the Palestinian poetry scene. He meets and talks to several poets living and working in Palestine. | Marcello Di Cintio | 49 | 2018 | $4.90 Add |
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From Zionism |
Chapter Two focuses on the roots of political Zionism. Since its creation by Theodor Herzl, Zionism has envisaged a return to an imagined glorious past. The distinguishing feature of political … | Stephen Gowans | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From Nakba |
Chapter Three focuses on the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic. The chapter explores the creation of the colonial settler state of Israel, aided by the British after the First World … | Stephen Gowans | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From To Breathe Life Into a Name |
In this chapter, the author travels to Jerusalem and meets with several writers and poets living in the divided city. He explores what the city means to the Palestinian people through their writing. | Marcello Di Cintio | 34 | 2018 | $3.40 Add |
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From I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars |
In this chapter the author crosses into Israel to meet with Palestinian writers living there. | Marcello Di Cintio | 42 | 2018 | $4.20 Add |
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From Imperialism |
Chapter Four focuses on Israel’s ties to imperialism. The chapter explores how Israel had aided in the imperial mission of the West in the Middle East and how its own interests tie in with … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From Division |
Chapter Five focuses on the division between the ideologies of Arabism and Islamism which arose in the Arab States during the mid-twentieth century. Arabism spawned Arab socialism, which promoted … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive |
In this chapter, the author travels to the Gaza Strip, and explores how artists there are able to find beauty in even the most unstable places. | Marcello Di Cintio | 44 | 2018 | $4.40 Add |
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From Nasserism |
Chapter Six explores Nasserism. As a nationalist and socialist ideology, Nasserism, which took its name from the Egyptian leader and president Gamal Abed Nasser, greatly influenced and inspired … | Stephen Gowans | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From She is Oranges that Explode |
In this chapter, the author explores the experience of refugees living in camps in Palestine. | Marcello Di Cintio | 38 | 2018 | $3.80 Add |
