Suppressed Nakba memories in Palestinian female narratives

Nashef, Hania A.M.

doi:10.1080/1369801x.2021.1892513

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“…This disregard has resulted in the suppression of women's narratives which is especially evident in the marginalization of the Palestinian women's stories in the documentation of oral testimonies related to the Nakba events (ibid). In fact, oral histories or testimonies by women were often absent, not only in the collective narrative but also in first-hand accounts of Palestinian experiences (Nashef 2021).…”

Section: The Subaltern Can Speak: Literature As the Redeemer Of Womenmentioning

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“…The accounts relayed by these writers have provided a platform for the silenced groups to voice their experiences and to uncover the harsh realities of the Israeli occupation and the patriarchal structures of the Palestinian community. For example, stories of rape and violation of Palestinian women's bodies by Israeli soldiers, previously deemed shameful and dishonorable, have been portrayed in fictionalized historical novels that were grounded in real events (Nashef, 2021). Despite the extensive evidence of expulsions, rape, and massacres in the 1980s found in Israeli archives, these documents were subsequently "reclassified and researchers were denied access" (Anziska 2019, 66).…”

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Palestinian Women Writers in English: Compromising National and Feminist Agendas

Jarrad,

M. M.,

Vengadasamy

2024

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The article analyses the intersection of Palestinian nationalism and feminism as represented in literary and political discourse. Through an examination of well-established historical discourses surrounding the Palestinian situation, this study reframes the notion that feminist political projects and nationalism are incompatible. By utilizing the framework of postcolonial feminism, this analysis scrutinizes the depiction of Palestinian women in narratives of national struggle as agents, symbols, and authors. Employing historical analysis and literary criticism as sources of data, this article investigates the development of Palestinian women's activism from the early 20th century to the present. It underscores the impact that women had on the Palestinian literary canon, their contributions to the national movement, and the emergence of indigenous feminisms. Notwithstanding the comparatively masculine conception of nationalist agency that permeates Palestinian nationalism, this qualitative study investigates the ways in which national struggle stimulated the advancement of Palestinian women. This encompasses discussions concerning gender awareness and the methods through which women defied cultural and societal norms through active participation in the national struggle and substantial literary contributions. This study is of significant value as it critically examines the complex relationship between feminism and nationalism in the Palestinian context, while also challenging the assumptions made by Western feminism. Through an examination of the experiences and perspectives of Palestinian women, this study underscores the ways in which the concurrent reinforcement of nationalist sentiments and reclamation of feminist narratives empower Palestinian women and bolster support for the Palestinian cause, thus making a significant contribution to the nation's pursuit of independence.

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Section: The Subaltern Can Speak: Literature As the Redeemer Of Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Palestinian Women Writers in English: Compromising National and Feminist Agendas

Jarrad,

M. M.,

Vengadasamy

2024

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“…Scholars researching Israeli state sexual violence against Palestinians have likewise turned their gaze to less visible spaces, such as prisons, courtrooms, and investigation rooms, and to perpetrators who are not necessarily soldiers (Al Issa and Beck 2020; Medien 2021), examined the sexual torture of Palestinian men (Weishut 2015), discussed Palestinian women's fear of rape by Israeli security forces (Shalhoub-Kevorkian 1993), analyzed representations of rape in Palestinians literature (Nashef 2022), and illustrated how Palestinian women's narratives are locked within "colonial loops of displacement" (Ghanayem 2019). What these works share is an understanding that the colonial nature of Israeli control over Palestinians-within the green line and in the oPt-is constitutive to how we should approach rape and other forms of sexual violence in colonial and settler-colonial settings and overcome this silence, rather than treat it as indicative of an occupation from which sexual violence is absent.…”

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Beyond Male Israeli Soldiers, Palestinian Women, Rape, and War

Madar¹

2023

Conflict and Society

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Israeli denials and classification of documents, alongside scholarly work (Nitsán 2007; Wood 2006), have all contributed to the perception that aside from the 1948 war and its aftermath, rape and other forms of sexual violence are missing from Israel's military toolbox. A spatial intersectional analysis of Israeli state sexual violence against Palestinians finds that in the context of the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), the wartime rape paradigm is doing a disservice. It further silences Israeli state sexual violence against Palestinians and diverts our attention from the colonial nature of the Israeli control regime. These findings unearth (1) the risks of stripping rape of the specific context in which it materializes, (2) the importance of incorporating power structures that transgress the framework of conflict and war-related sexual violence and (3) the necessity of deciphering and attending to colonial and settler colonial- related sexual violence.

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2023

Journal of Palestine Studies

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Suppressed Nakba memories in Palestinian female narratives

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Palestinian Women Writers in English: Compromising National and Feminist Agendas

Palestinian Women Writers in English: Compromising National and Feminist Agendas

Beyond Male Israeli Soldiers, Palestinian Women, Rape, and War

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