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    The Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory
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    The Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory

    By Nur Masalha

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    2012 marks the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba - the most traumatic catastrophe that ever befell Palestinians. This book explores new ways of remembering and commemorating the Nakba. In the context of Palestinian oral history, it explores 'social history from below', subaltern narratives of memory and the formation of collective identity. Masalha argues that to write more truthfully about the Nakba is not just to practise a professional historiography but an ethical imperative. The struggles of ordinary refugees to recover and publicly assert the truth about the Nakba is a vital way of protecting their rights and keeping the hope for peace with justice alive.

    This book is essential for understanding the place of the Palestine Nakba at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the vital role of memory in narratives of truth and reconciliation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZed Books
    Release dateAug 9, 2012
    ISBN9781848139732
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      Like many similar works, the author starts the story in Europe and simply assumes that Jews are European settler-colonialists without addressing the central question of indigeneity, that is that the Hebrew language and the Jewish religion are indigenous to the land whereas Arabic and Islam are the language and religion of foreign conquerors. Masalha's treatment of the European history of secular Zionism is not bad, but by ignoring both the ancient roots of Jewish connection to the land, Jewish Religious Zionism, and Mizrachi perspectives, the work devolves into mere propaganda masquerading as an academic work. It's sadly a mere exercise in special pleading rather than a useful academic analysis.