Palestinian scholars
| Name | Description | Selected works |
|---|---|---|
| Abdelrahman, Sanabel | PhD in Arabic studies focusing on magical realism as a form of resistance in Palestinian literature | |
| AlKhalili, Noura | Human geographer working on the intersections between settler-colonialism and green energy transitions | Alkhalili, N., Dajani, M., & Mahmoud, Y. (2023). The enduring coloniality of ecological modernization: Wind energy development in occupied Western Sahara and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Political Geography, 103, 102871. Alkhalili, N. & Quiquivix, L. (2021). On the Defense of the Palestinian Commons (No. 1) [Podcast]. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www.cnsjournal.org/ep-001-on-the-defense-of-the-palestinian-commons/ |
| Kanafani, Ghassan | A prominent Palestinian novelist and political thinker | |
| Khalidi, Rashid | Palestinian-American historian and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University | The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017. Metropolitan Books, 2020. |
| Said, Edward | Most famous for his book Orientalism, the post-colonial scholar Edward Said has also written extensively on Palestine | Said, Edward W. (1992) The question of Palestine. Vintage Said, Edward W. (1979) Orientalism. Vintage. |
Podcasts and radio
| Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Radio Al-Hara | Community radio station broadcasting from Bethlehem | https://www.radioalhara.net/ https://www.instagram.com/radioalhara/ |
| Upstream Podcast | Upstream Podcast has been running a series on Palestine, featuring several Palestinian scholars and activists. Some of our favorite episodes are: Palestine Pt. 1: A Socialist Introduction with Sumaya Awad Palestine Pt. 2: Justice for Some with Noura Erakat Palestine Pt. 6: One State with Ghada Karmi Palestine Pt. 9: Palestine 2031 with Nadia Zanghari | https://www.upstreampodcast.org/conversations |
| Capitalism Nature Socialism Journal Podcasat | Episode 1: In defense of the Palestinian commons Join geographers Linda Quiquivix and Noura Alkhalili in a conversation about the destruction of the Palestinian mushaa‘ (common lands) and what its defense might mean for decolonization, in this inaugural episode of our Capitalism Nature Socialism podcast. | https://www.cnsjournal.org/ep-001-on-the-defense-of-the-palestinian-commons/ |
| Learning Palestine | A 12-hour-long radio broadcast including lectures, music, speeches and poetry. | https://learningpalestine.hotglue.me/?Learning+Palestine+12+hours+ |
Films
| Author | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Siam | Jerusalem Flower of All Cities (1969) | https://vimeo.com/512517726 |
| Mustafa Abu Ali | Scenes of the Occupation from Gaza (1973) | http://www.elliottcolla.com/blog/2021/5/14/rashid-hussein-1936-77 |
| Layaly Badr | The Road to Palestine (1985) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFhT_UxxCQ |
| Mustafa Abu Ali | Palestine in the Eye (1977) | https://vimeo.com/512499604 |
| Kassem Hawal | Returning to Haifa (1982) | https://palestinefilms.org/en/Film/1982/Returning-To-Haifa |
| Mustafa Abu Ali | They Do Not Exist (1974) | https://vimeo.com/104215712 |
| Michel Khleifi | Fertile Memory (1981) | https://www.palestinefilminstitute.org/en/pfp/archive/fertile-memory |
| Michel Khleifi | Wedding in the Galilee (1987) | https://mubi.com/en/il/films/wedding-in-galilee |
| Elia Suleiman | Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) | https://www.netflix.com/title/70037088 |
| Elia Suleiman | Divine Intervention (2002) | https://www.netflix.com/title/60026107 |
| Aflamuna.online is a platform for independent films from the SWANA region, regularly features Palestinian films too | https://www.aflamuna.online/en/ | |
Literature, poetry and music
| Author | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Agha Shahid Ali | Farewell (poem) | https://allyourprettywords.tumblr.com/post/28990463502/farewell-agha-shahid-ali |
| Rashid Hussein | Poems | http://www.elliottcolla.com/blog/2021/5/14/rashid-hussein-1936-77 |
| Khadijeh Habashneh | Knights of Cinema: The Story of the Palestine Film Unit (2023) | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95069464-knights-of-cinema |
| Jadal | El Rasool (song) | https://open.spotify.com/track/6yjP9RiEL25Qqa9fILjp1x?si=ezQs1G-KQOOqcw-Dpk629A |
| Intifada | Playlist | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64API3XupNC0rNICyOGPSA?si=qc8Uoj8XRgu9IHeSK4u4Qg&pi=e-I 2SaWMc3ROSV |
| Ghassan Kanafani | Letter from Gaza | https://www.marxists.org/archive/kanafani/1956/letterfromgaza.htm |
| Basma Ghalayini (Editor) | The Palestine +100 A short story collection imagining Palestine 100 years after the Nakba | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43590055-palestine-100 |
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