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The Palestine Nakba : Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory by Nur Masalha is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Palestine Nakba : Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory about?

In 2009, Palestinians commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Nakba - the most traumatic catastrophe that ever befell them. The book explores ways of remembering and commemorating the Nakba, dealing with the issue within the context of Palestinian oral history, "social history from below," narratives of memory, and the formation of collective identity. Masalha argues that to write more truthfully about the Nakba is not just to practice a professional historiography but a moral imperative. The struggles of the ordinary refugees to publicize the truth about the Nakba is a vital way of protecting the refugees' rights and keeping the hope for peace with justice alive. With the history, rights, and needs of the Palestinian refugees being excluded from recent Middle East peacemaking efforts and with the failure of both the Israeli state and international community to acknowledge the Nakba, "1948" as an "ethnic cleansing" continues to underpin the Palestine-Israel conflict. This book is vital for a real understanding of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Author

Nur Masalha

Publisher

Zed Books; Bloomsbury

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280063763

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Science

Rating

3.89 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13