[This piece was originally published in Haaretz on July 23rd, 2015] AUGSBURG, Germany — I am indigenous here. I am indigenous-dispossessed here. I was born in West Jerusalem and raised mostly in Southwest Ohio, and […]
Tag: nakba
On Ari Shavit in the Berkeley Journal of Sociology
I am honored and thrilled to have just been published in the Berkeley Journal of Sociology, and featured in the journal’s relaunch– ”Instead of publishing traditional research articles, we are writing the history of the present.” […]
Names
Sheikh Jarrah becomes Shimon HaTzadik. Silwan becomes the City of David. Susiya is replaced by Susya. Lest we see this phenomenon as unique to the 1967 Occupation: Sheikh Muwanis becomes Ramat Aviv. Saffuriya becomes Tzippori. […]
The Shamasneh Case: How the Nakba Continues in East Jerusalem
{This piece was originally published on the Times of Israel} In Jerusalem, there is a family of ten people. They live in a small house on a quiet street, not far from the Jerusalem bustle […]
The Leftern Wall 