On May 11, as Israel was unleashing its military machine in occupied Jerusalem and elsewhere, I was put into contact with CBC Radio-Montreal who were looking for someone to interview to discuss the violent events in Sheikh Jarrah. After offering myself to speak on one of their programmes on the requested day of May 12, […]
“Urgently needed – a ‘Palestinian-Montrealer’!” by Mark Muhannad Ayyash Read More »
ABSTRACT This article forwards an analysis about Israel/Palestine in relation to race in global context, through the case study of the UN World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) process (2001–2011). Although the WCAR has been widely framed as “antisemitic” we demonstrate this interpretation is unfounded, through highlighting legitimate claims for Palestinian human rights and other oppressed
THE PALESTINIAN LITERARY CRITIC and anti-colonial theorist, Edward Said, taught us that “The native point of view . . . is not an ethnographic fact only . . . it is in large measure a continuing, protracted, and sustained adversarial resistance” to academic, cultural, and political discourses of empire…. https://thebaffler.com/latest/building-from-the-rubble-ayyash
Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood outside the walls north of Jerusalem, was the bucolic site chosen by Palestinian notables at the turn of the twentieth century to build more opulent homes than the cramped streets of the Old City would allow. The creation of Israel in 1948 led to the catastrophic expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians: also
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ABSTRACT: Rafiq Farah, archdeacon of the Anglican Church and the author’s father, chaired the Society for the Defense of Arab Minority Rights in Israel from 1951 to 1965. This article draws on oral history recorded by the author, on personal documents, and on archival material to chronicle the events that led to the Society’s formation,
“The Red Priest of Haifa: Rafiq Farah (1921–2020)” by Randa Farah Read More »
Scholars of social movements, civil disobedience, liberation struggles, and revolutions have long known that fear is one of the greatest barriers to overcome. For the oppressed to move from inaction to action, they must break this fear barrier. In extreme cases, such as Palestinians living under Israeli settler colonialism, the fear is based on lived
“Break the fear barrier and speak up for Palestine” by Mark Muhannad Ayyash Read More »