Spring 2011 • Volume 13, Issue Two

Promoting Palestinian Studies and PPAARRCC Scholarly Exchange on Palestinian Issues PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER

A Message from PARC’s New President Carnegie Grant By Najwa al-Qattan Supports PARC Lectures, Six years ago I tribute to the augmentation of scholar- Paper Presentation, joined PARC’s board ship on Palestinian history, society, and as an institutional culture. At the same time, PARC has con- and Symposium member represent- nected me to a network of engaged ing Loyola Mary- Palestinian and American scholars and In 2009, PARC announced a new three- mount University, organizations that promote the same year grant from the Islam Initiative at where I am associ- goals on an international scale. Carnegie Corporation of New York to the ate professor of Ot- Council of American Overseas Research Nothing better illustrates PARC’s ener- toman history and the modern Middle Centers (CAORC). This grant aims to help getic and creative approach towards our East. I now find myself gingerly stepping increase public knowledge about the di- mission of promoting knowledge about into the role of board president, due to versity of thought, cultures and history of Palestine and Palestinian society than the sad passing of our beloved past Islam and to develop a more complex un- the Faculty Development Seminar, inau- president, Peter Gubser. derstanding among Americans about gurated in 2010. Led by our talented Ex- Muslim communities throughout the I came to PARC in 2005 with the hope of ecutive Director, Penelope Mitchell, and world. In addition, the grant intends to in- contributing something to Palestine, as our accomplished Palestine Director, crease awareness about CAORC and the a scholar, a Palestinian, and a Palestin- Hadeel Qazzaz, ten U.S. professors activities of the American Overseas Re- ian-American. Although the area of my toured the West Bank in spring 2010. In- search Centers. The grant funds lectures, foremost intellectual passion and ex- deed the publication of articles by three symposia and panel presentations at as- pertise is located somewhat to the of the participating professors, as well as sociation meetings. north of Palestine and in earlier times, the pursuit of a number of Palestine-re- Thus far, PARC has received four Car- my teaching duties (I offer courses on lated projects by other participants, is a negie subgrants. The announcement of the modern Middle East and the Pales- measure of this program’s effectiveness. this initiative coincided with the com- tine/Israel conflict on a regular basis), PARC’s Faculty Development Seminar, pletion of PARC’s first Faculty Develop- my interest in historiography, and per- ment Seminar (FDS) in 2010. Several of like many of our other programs, is in sonal attachments have kept scholar- the FDS professors were enthusiastic need of generous support. At a time ship on Palestine at the forefront of my about having an opportunity to enrich intellectual engagements. when there is intense competition over their campuses with lectures by PARC scarce resources, it is crucial that PARC I believe enough has been written about board members. In December of 2010, be able to count on membership dues Michael Daher of Henry Ford Com- the frustrations that attach to being a and contributions to fulfill our goals. We hyphenated American, particularly of munity College invited Nathan Brown must continue to pursue our own man- of George Washington University for the Palestinian kind. For many of us here date to“strengthen the linkages among in the United States, no matter what our American, Palestinian, and foreign insti- affiliation, watching from afar as history tutions and scholars,”and can only do so (and often tragedy) unfolds is frustrating with the support of our members and to say the least. In addition, as educators, your help in bringing greater attention academics, and Americans we are, on a to our work and accomplishments. daily basis, made acutely aware of the extensive ignorance and lack of atten- In conclusion, I would like to thank the tion to scholarship on Palestine. Yet members of PARC’s Executive Commit- being in the United States also offers op- tee and Board for entrusting me with portunities to address this issue. This is this responsibility. I promise to do my Nathan Brown to say that PARC has allowed me to con- best to live up to it. continued on page 15

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AM EMBEROFTHE C OUNCILOF A MERICAN O VERSEAS R ESEARCH C ENTERS 2011 PARC Board of Directors Officers Najwa al-Qattan, President Around the PARC Rochelle A. Davis, Vice President By Penelope Mitchell, Executive Director Julie Peteet, Secretary Kimberly Katz, Treasurer Although certainly a financially challenging year, 2011 has ral- Members lied an outpouring of support for PARC in terms of donations Nathan Brown as well as membership. Donations this year have surpassed Beshara Doumani those of any other year in PARC’s 14-year history. We now are at Dina Rizk Khoury our highest membership level in PARC’s history with almost 200 Ann M. Lesch individual and 21 institutional members. These indicators signal both the generos- Zachary Lockman ity and the commitment of PARC’s membership. The letters that we have received Loren Lybarger over the last several months, especially those from fellows, speak of the steadfast- Philip Mattar ness of the community of scholars working on Palestine as well as the firm belief in Jennifer Olmsted the importance and value of our work. More than ever, we rely on your support and Susan Slyomovics Charles D. Smith contributions in order to persevere and expand our work in 2012. PARC continues to face significant challenges as we seek to secure long-term, alternative sources of Palestine Advisory Board funding and weather these difficult economic times. In recognition of your support, Mohammed al-Mbaid, Chair Najwa Rizkallah-Khader, Treasurer this newsletter contains a listing of our donors. I extend PARC’s deepest apprecia- Mkhaimar Abusada tion to each of you. Akram Daoud PARC warmly and enthusiatically welcomes Najwa al-Qattan as our new board pres- Anita Vitullo Khoury ident. As a board member since 2005, Najwa has amply demonstrated her deep Mouin Rabbani Mira Rizek commitment to PARC’s mission. I am confident that Najwa is precisely the right per- Nadim N. Rouhana son to provide leadership for PARC at this challenging time. PARC has received a new, Sabri Saidam annual fellowship for Palestinian researchers from Dina Rizk and Alfred Khoury in Jacqueline Sfeir memory of Abla Haddad and Najib Khoury. An article on page 12 gives more de- U.S. Office tails about this fellowship. We are grateful for the Khourys’continuing and generous Penelope Mitchell, Executive Director support to PARC that has taken many forms over the years. PARC would also like to Basma Guthrie, U.S. Office Manager recognize a new contributor, Leila Mikdadi al-Qattan, who has made a thoughtful Shelby Kinnaird, Webmaster donation to support a fellowship for a Palestinian researcher. Steadfast, long-time 2500 Wisconsin Ave., NW, #141 donors Omar and Nancy Kader have also made a donation for a PARC fellowship. Washington, DC 20007 The growth of individuals and families committed to supporting Palestinian research Phone: 443-421-7910 is especially heartening and helps us move forward with confidence. PARC extends E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.parc-us-pal.org its sincerest thanks to the Palestine Investment Fund for its continuing donation to PARC in the form of two fellowships for Palestinians. We appreciate that PIF recog- Palestine Office nizes and supports the important contribution made by researchers in Palestine. Hadeel Qazzaz, Palestine Director Zena Erikat, Administrative Assistant PARC also received a new and generous donation from the Office of Prime Minis- Sally Abu Bakr, Librarian ter Salam Fayyad to support six Palestinian research fellowships. These donations PO Box 549, Emil Habibi Street have enabled PARC to fund a total of 11 research fellowships for Palestinians for 2011- 4th Floor, Al Nahda Building 2012. Special recognition also goes to Ann Lesch for her commitment to help sup- Almasyoon, Ramallah port PARC’s U.S. office. As a former PARC director, Ann’s donations to PARC have West Bank, Palestine helped to support numerous activities over the years. Finally, we offer our deepest Phone: 972-2-297-4240 appreciation to Abdul Muhsin al-Qattan, who responded with profound generos- E-mail: [email protected] ity to PARC’s hour of deepest need when we faced the U.S. Department of Educa- Palestinian American tion’s cancellation of the American Overseas Research Centers program. Research Center Newsletter Profiles of the remaining 2010-2011 fellows, five Americans and three Palestinians, Spring 2011 include a wide range of topics that further demonstrate the value of opening PARC’s Editorial Committee research competition to scholars from all fields of study. U.S. fellows are funded Penelope Mitchell through a grant from the Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Depart- Basma Guthrie ment of State. Palestinian fellowships are funded through grants to PARC mentioned Kaylan Geiger above as well as your donations.These fellows’research includes diverse subjects such Charles D. Smith as the dilemma of human capital usage in Palestine; vegetables and intestinal para- Morris Cobern, Editor sites in Gaza; the use of folktales in framing national identify and collective memory; Ross Feldner, New Age Graphics, Design & Layout an ethnographic study of interaction between Palestinians inside Israel and those in the West Bank; a history of the Ramallah/Al Bireh Friends Schools; a children’s geog- This newsletter is published twice yearly, spring and fall, by raphy of Balata refugee camp; the use of music in constructing and negotiating cul- the Palestinian American Research Center. Material for publi- cation in the newsletter may be submitted to the U.S.office. tural, ethnic, and national identities; and Russian influence, via the Russian Orthodox PARC does not guarantee that any materials submitted will be published in its newsletter or in any other publication under its control. Publication by PARC will be determined 2 solely by its officers and directors on a space-available basis. Around the PARC schools in Palestine, on Arabic literature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We hope that you will enjoy learning more about these researchers’studies. From our alumni fellows, we have in- formation on their latest news and three synopses of final reports. We are pleased to report that responses to our requests for alumni news have been growing as we all work to strengthen connections among the exemplary and dedicated community of scholars work- ing on Palestine. We look forward to hearing from more of you for the Spring CAORC staff and center directors in Mongolia 2012 newsletter. We would also like to thank seven alumni fellows for dona- ters. To date, PARC has received several village memorial books composed by tions of their books to the PARC/IPS li- Carnegie grants for U.S. professors on refugees and displaced persons in Syria, brary in Ramallah. We now have a PARC’s 2010 Faculty Development Semi- Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank, Gaza, special shelf in the library that show- nar as well as others who have worked and Israel, and Davis’ ethnographic re- cases our fellows’ publications. We en- closely with PARC. An article beginning search in these communities. on page 1 gives details of the various courage fellows to continue their From August 14-17, 2011, in Ulaanbaatar, projects conducted under this initiative. donations to our library in Ramallah. Mongolia, the American Center for Mon- With a generous grant from the Educa- A recap of our MESA 2010 panel in San golian Studies hosted the biennial meet- tional and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the ing of the Council of American U.S. Department of State, we are now Diego and their presentations in Wash- ington, D.C., are also included in this Overseas Research Centers, in which able to ship these publications to Pales- PARC participated.The meetings brought tine. The next shipment will include issue on page 12. Special thanks are ex- tended to board member Nathan Brown together over 60 representatives of 21 books graciously donated by many of American Overseas Research Centers lo- the publishers who exhibited at MESA. for arranging the talks at George Wash- ington University for our MESA panelists. cated in countries around the world, in- PARC is developing a new page on our cluding Algeria, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, website for alumni fellow publica- We would also like to draw attention to Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, India, tions related to Palestine. If all alumni PARC board member Rochelle Davis’ Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Mongo- fellows might send us full citations for book Palestinian Village Histories: Ge- lia, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Sri Lanka, their publications, including books, ographies of the Displaced, Stanford Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. Discussions chapters, edited volumes, and articles, University Press, 2010, that won the 2011 were held on expanding cooperative re- this would considerably speed the Albert Hourani Book Award at MESA this search programs, trainings, and fellow- process of developing this new resource. year. The award was established in 1991 ships; center administration; and joint We believe this will be an excellent op- to recognize outstanding publications in technological applications. Meeting par- portunity to showcase your work and Middle East studies. Davis’ book ad- ticipants also discussed how to foster ac- provide a valuable source of information dresses how Palestinian refugees today ademic research and cultural heritage for scholars doing research on Palestine. write histories of their villages that were preservation. Particularly interesting were destroyed in the 1948 war, and the sto- the presentations from the Tunisia, Of particular note are our accomplish- ries and commemorations of village life Yemen, and Egypt directors about how ments under Carnegie Corporation of that are circulated and enacted in the Di- they managed operations during the New York’s three-year grant to the aspora. This work is based on over 120 “Arab Spring.” Council of American Overseas Re- search Centers (CAORC). The “Islam Ini- tiative” aims to increase public knowledge about the diversity of Alumni Updates and Final Report Synopses thought, cultures, and history of Islam and to develop a more complex under- All PARC fellows are invited to submit their news for the Spring 2012 standing among Americans about Mus- newsletter. Please send information on promotions, new positions, publi- lim communities throughout the world. cations, conferences, etc. We also invite you to submit a synopsis of your The program will also help to disseminate final report for the newsletter. We look forward to hearing from you! Please information about CAORC and the work send all information to [email protected]. of the American Overseas Research Cen-

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production capacity, which may point to the benefit of skills Yousef Adwan developed by academic agencies and training centers. Adwan’s research will probe the role of Palestinian human cap- Human Capital ital accumulation in improving labor productivity and facili- Accumulation and tating technology diffusion. In addition, his work will explore Economic Growth in the constraints that undermine the ability to use the stock of Developing Countries: human capital effectively, and propose polices to overcome A Case study of the this dilemma. Adwan will conduct an intensive literature re- view, including theoretical papers addressing economic Palestinian Economy growth and human capital, case studies of how developed and developing countries manage this issue, and policy pa- pers dealing with Palestinian education. A key element of his Yousef Adwan’s research is rooted in the extensive writings study will be to build on analyses of the secondary data pub- about the increasing gap between nations in terms of devel- lished by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) re- opment achievements, economic prosperity, and production garding labor, industry and education. Adwan will collect data capacities. Specifically, economic theories assert the impor- through structured and unstructured interviews at selected tant role of human capital in increasing labor productivity, re- businesses and engineering unions, and with key economists ducing production costs, and facilitating technology diffusion. and key personnel at universities and the ministry of higher These factors all help to ensure sustainable economic devel- education. He will also design a questionnaire to seek infor- opment. Adwan’s research focuses on human capital re- mation from private firms in the industrial and service sectors. sources in the Palestinian context and examines the severe Adwan’sresearch will be important to Palestinian decision mak- economic and political constraints that have handicapped the ers in their efforts to craft more effective polices to utilize human Palestinian economy from optimally using its human capital capital. His work will also fill a gap in current literature by pro- resources. Taken together, labor supply-demand mismatch- viding a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of the ing, the brain drain, a low level of technology installation, in- relationship between Palestinian education and labor markets. efficient allocation of skilled labor in favor of the public sector, and the low wages paid in this sector, combine to exacerbate Yousef Adwan is a doctoral candidate in Political Economics the existence of a human capital usage dilemma in Palestine. at Siena University in Italy. He may be reached at Recent statistics show a modest improvement in Palestinian [email protected].

comes especially important. Beautiful old photographs of students, buildings and activities exist in various American Betsy Brinson archives and at RFS. Brinson will collect these photos and enter them into an electronic database for future use. She Ramallah Friends will also use written memoirs, reports and other documents School History prepared largely by American Quakers who volunteered or 1869-Present were employed at the school. At least one doctoral disserta- tion has been written about the early days of the school, which will also provide a resource. Questions Brinson will address include: How did colonization Betsy Brinson’s research explores the 142-year history of Ra- affect RFS student growth and development? How is Friends mallah Friends School (RFS). Founded by American Quakers in School unique in its educational programs? How are students 1869 as one of the first schools for girls in Palestine, the school encouraged to explore questions of values and ethics? Does has gone through many changes in its policies, the educational religion play a role in the curriculum? How does English lan- curriculum, and the demographics of the student body. War guage instruction and literature prepare students for a world and occupation have affected many of these changes. culture? How have war and occupation affected the students and school operations over the years? Using oral history interviews with graduates, teachers and ad- ministrators, Brinson hopes to show how the Palestinian par- Betsy Brinson has a Ph.D. in American History and Women’s ticipants themselves view their school history and the role of Studies from the Union Institute. She is a public historian who the school in the larger community. Since few primary docu- specializes in using oral history interviews to research social ments exist from 1920-1985, oral history documentation be- justice topics. She may be reached at [email protected].

4 studies, focusing on the literary translations published in the early 20th century. Close readings of selections from the liter- Spencer Scoville ary output of prominent graduates from the IOPS schools gives insight into the unique nature of Russian-Arab relations A Samovar in Ramallah: in this period. Scoville’s primary source is the journal al-Nafa’is, Graduates of the edited by Khalil Baydas. Since Baydas was a graduate of the Russian Orthodox Russian schools and tightly connected to Russian culture, his Schools in Palestine journal contains a large amount of literary and critical material dealing with Russian culture and society in the Levant. Taken as a whole, the body of literature contained in al-Nafa’is Spencer Scoville’s research explores the influence of Russian will provide an important window to a neglected element of literature on the development of Arabic literature during the the Arab literary renaissance. Histories of nahdah literature late 19th and early 20th centuries.This influence flowed pri- always refer to the importance of Russian cultural influence, marily through the educational institutions that the Imperial but do not treat it in detail. By examining this instance of Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS) established in the Levant cross-cultural exchange, Scoville’s research is likely to provide between the years of 1882 and 1917 that catered to the Or- a more thorough understanding of the impact of Russian cul- thodox Christian community. Several graduates of these ture during the nahdah, particularly within the Arab Ortho- Russian schools went on to important careers in literature dox Christian community. The relationship between the and journalism, making significant contributions to the de- Russians and the Arab world upset the East/West dichotomy bates that shaped the intellectual and cultural landscapes of that defines so much of postcolonial theory because it differs their time. Because of the unique way in which their rela- substantially from the colonial relationships with the western tionship with Europe was mediated by Russia, they represent European powers that typically lay the foundation for dis- an alternative voice in the Arab nahdah (cultural blossoming cussions of the genealogies of modern Arabic literature. or renaissance). Spencer Scoville is a doctoral candidate in Arabic literature Scoville’s project examines the texts produced by these indi- at the University of Michigan. He may be reached at viduals through the lenses of postcolonial and translation [email protected].

the conflict? How are these projects and associated ethno- Nili Belkind national imaginaries interpreted and received by the partic- ipants and the public in both Israel and the occupied Music, Conflict and Palestinian territory (oPt)? Peacemaking: Ethics, Belkind’s research will be an ethnographic study of the dif- Aesthetics and Cultural ferent ethical and aesthetic considerations that motivate such Policy Across the Israeli- projects, and their political significance, across various music Palestinian Divide genres and performance settings, both in Israel and in the oPt. At the center of this study are the ethno-national imagi- naries mobilized through the musical activities of individual Music is a powerful resource for the construction and nego- artists, NGOs, and government-directed cultural policy. In her tiation of cultural, ethnic and national identities. Nili Belkind’s analysis of the interpretation and reception for such projects project will focus on joint musical projects of Palestinians in diverse public spheres, Belkind will examine how diverse and Israelis against the backdrop of the conflict, in which public opinions intersect with regional power differentials. conflict-based narratives of identity can be either challenged During the 1990s peace process, joint music projects flourished or asserted. In addition, she will focus on joint musical proj- not only within Israel, but also across the Israeli-Palestinian bor- ects that assert distinct ethnic and national identities, often der, establishing an ideology of aesthetics as a site of conflict highlighting Palestinian unity and resistance to Israeli poli- negotiation. However, the current political climate has affected cies. The central questions that she asks are: In what ways public opinions such that two dialectic beliefs are in operation: might collaborative musical projects constitute individual the belief in music’s redemptive power to ameliorate conflict and group identities that destabilize ideologies of difference situations, and the contradictory belief that music is used by rooted in the experience of violent conflict? In what situa- tions is music used to highlight difference in the context of continued on page 6

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Profile: Nili Belkind involved in diverse musical representations across the Israeli- (continued from page 5) Palestinian divide, including musicians, promoters and DJs; hegemonic powers as a tool that aims to project symbolic unity concerts, annual festivals, and events that showcase joint but is ultimately employed to undermine emancipatory proj- music projects or that highlight distinct ethno-national iden- ects. Belkind’sstudy aims to highlight individual agency, group tities; organizations that implement cultural policy in the arts identities, and governmentality as key points of entry to un- to foster peace; as well as organizations that advocate the derstanding the machinations of cultural politics in conflict- boycotting of such projects. In this way, Belkind will locate torn regions. Ultimately, the study seeks to contribute to the how diverse personal imaginaries of self, ethnicity and com- understanding of the potential role of expressive culture as a munity are constructed, expressed in music making, and pub- mediator in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. licly circulated in a region in which all such imaginaries either contradict or emphasize the boundaries of self and commu- Belkind will conduct participant observation at performances nity constructed by the conflict. and rehearsals, record interviews, create audio and video recordings of performances, and analyze media and audience Nili Belkind is a doctoral candidate in Ethnomusicology at reception. Her main areas of investigation will be: individuals Columbia University.She may be reached at [email protected].

study will not claim to be representative of the experiences of David“Sandy” all Palestinian youth. Instead, his project will aim for deep ethnographic knowledge of a group of youth within a single Marshall research site, Balata refugee camp, the largest refugee camp A Children’s Geography in the occupied Palestinian territories, located near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Marshall will use archival of Occupation: The research, semi-structured interviews and critical discourse Everyday, Imagined, analysis to examine the discursive constructions of childhood and Emotional subjectivity and childhood space. He will also employ focus Geographies of group interviews and participatory visual methodologies, in- Palestinian Children cluding mental mapping and photo-diaries, to understand how children and youth disrupt the discursive constructions of childhood. According to Sandy Marshall, in the context of the Israeli oc- cupation of Palestine, Palestinian children not only bear the Given the symbolic centrality of children in the Palestinian physical and psychological brunt of war, but also bear a struggle, surprisingly little is written about their lives or po- heavy representational burden—the images of children are litical significance. Likewise, much of the scholarship in the contested territory upon which moral and political legiti- burgeoning field of children’s geography remains focused on macy is staked. In different discourses, Palestinian children the local scale of schools and the home, with little consider- represent the promise of future liberation; a threat to Jewish ation given to the significance of these sites within wider na- demographic superiority; innocent victims of violence; and tional and global geopolitical imaginings. By bringing to the key targets of humanitarian aid and educational interven- fore underrepresented voices from this conflict (children and tion. They are heroes, victims, angels and devils. This re- youth), Marshall’s research will address a large gap in the lit- search on Palestinian children’s geographies will examine erature on Israel/Palestine, and will contribute to a growing these conflicting discourses of Palestinian children and body of research on children’s geographies. His work will also youth, how such discourses are mobilized to suit geopoliti- guide a better understanding of the lives of Palestine’s youth, cal agendas, and how these discourses shape and are re- thereby offering an insight into the future of the political sit- shaped by children’s everyday, embodied experiences and uation in Palestine. practices in Palestine. Sandy Marshall is a doctoral candidate in Geography Children’s experiences in Palestine are shaped by differences at the University of Kentucky. He may be reached at in environment, age and social circumstances. Marshall’s [email protected].

6 Bishara’sresearch will analyze the barriers to interaction between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank. Amahl Bishara Elements of infrastructure, including checkpoints, roads, and even patterns of cell phone service and reception, divide them. Two Kinds of In everyday talk, the “presence-absence” of other Palestinians, Palestinians: living different realities in different places, haunts Palestinian A Relationship conversation. To complement analysis of these factors of divi- Framed by the State sion, Bishara will conduct participant observation at sites that bring these two groups into contact, including sites such as sum- mer camps, vegetable markets, and conferences. She will con- sider not only whether these groups are able to collaborate, Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians in the Israeli-oc- express solidarity, or trade, but also how it feels for different peo- cupied West Bank share an ethno-national identity and cul- ple to be on either side of the Green Line: safe, familiar, cosmo- tural norms. Though they live in close proximity, they enjoy politan, provincial, friendly, or none of these. Finally, she will little contact. Amahl Bishara will conduct an ethnographic examine media texts and practices in order to probe whether study of the interaction between these two groups. Her re- media have been an effective way of bridging divides across the search will illuminate how state policies—whether mundane Green Line. or highly public—not only create legal categories of people, The divisions between these two groups of Palestinians are stark but also set conditions of possibility for cultural and political given their underlying similarities, and their relationship to each life. At the same time, her work will also urge examination of other is relatively unexamined. Bishara hopes her research will how people of all stripes—in this case, activists, media mak- contribute to a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of ers, and small farmers—nevertheless manage to cross citizenship and statelessness, and democracy and military oc- boundaries. Her research suggests that sensed and everyday cupation, experiences that can be at once starkly different and elements of the political can propel and stagnate political ac- unsettlingly similar. Coming to terms with the relationship be- tion, and enlighten and occlude political vision. Given the tween these two groups may indeed be critical to forming ex- shifts in perspective that can happen as one crosses the pectations for the future of all Israelis and Palestinians. Green Line, even the distinction between enlightenment and diminished vision can be unclear. Amahl Bishara is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology atTufts University. She may be reached at [email protected].

instead of motorized transport, especially in refugee camps in Dr.Adnan Al-Hindi the Gaza Strip. Intestinal Parasites Al-Hindi’s research will seek to determine the degree of con- tamination caused by parasites and fecal indicators in the and Other Pathogens commonly used vegetables in Gaza Strip. Using 175 speci- and the Transport of mens, the study will investigate five types of vegetables for Vegetables in the their contamination with parasites and intestinal pathogens. Gaza Strip Bacteriological tests will be done for total plate count and total E. coli and fecal coliform. Intestinal parasites are widely en- demic in the Gaza Strip, and previous studies have been car- ried out in the Gaza Strip examining schoolchildren, The focus of Adnan Al-Hindi’s research is the intestinal para- pre-school children and hospitals. Poor hygiene and the de- sites contaminating common vegetables used in the Gaza terioration of sanitation and environmental factors in the Gaza Strip. Parasites have been associated with vegetable-or-fruit- Strip may increase the risk of contamination of vegetables by borne outbreaks of infection including the protozoan para- parasites and intestinal pathogens due to the frequent flood- sites Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium parvum and helminthes ing of sewers and the use of sludge as fertilizers in agriculture. parasites like Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura. Veg- etables and fruits have been implicated as the route for trans- Adnan al-Hindi is an Associate Professor of Biology at the Is- mission of a range of different parasites, particularly lamic University of Gaza. He may be reached by e-mail at vegetables transported from farms to markets using animals [email protected].

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Aboubakr’s study will highlight the differences between these Farah Aboubakr approaches by examining the‘paratextual’elements, such as in- troductions, footnotes, afterwords and the like, with which the Al-Khammash various ‘cultural interpreters’ surround the folktale collections The Folktale as a Site that they have introduced and annotated. In undertaking this inquiry, her main theoretical framework is known as‘framing,’a of Framing Palestinian term drawn from social studies, literary criticism and translation National Identity and studies. Aboubakr will also examine the nature of Palestinian Collective Memory in collective memory, mainly its components, function, and role Speak Bird, Speak, in developing a new voice for Palestinian identity today. Again; Qul YaTayer; and Similar to other works of art and music, folktales are open to Farah Aboubakr Al- Arab Folktales from various interpretations and representations. This raises the Khammash notes that Palestine and Israel question of the role of the folklorist and the compiler, who the increasingly painful can either safeguard the living voice of a folktale, or silence it. political situation in Aboubakr’s aim here is to analyze the role of the ‘cultural Palestine, especially after the creation of Israel in 1948, threat- translator’as a mediator of oral literature in general, and par- ens the survival of oral traditions that are a major marker of ticularly of folktales, taking the Palestinian context as her Palestinian cultural and social identity. The overall aim of her focus. That the compilers of these collections chose the Pales- research is to examine the way folktales, and the critical liter- tinian folktale, rather than the novel or short story, is signifi- ary apparatus surrounding them, can serve to construct the cant in understanding their agenda. Her study will also seek collective memory and national identity of the Palestinian to shed light on the different roles a translator can embody, people. She will focus on three collections of folktales: as ethnographer, compiler or folklorist, together with his Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana’s Speak Bird, Speak, choice of extensive materials about folktales, which shape Again; their Arabic version of the same tales, Qul YaTayer; and ambivalent versions of Palestinian cultural reality and iden- Raphael Patai’s Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel. tity. She seeks as well to establish whether the collections of Muhawi and Kanaana see folktales as a repository of the val- Muhawi and Kanaana and of Patai are regarded in the West ues and traditions that shape people’s social, communal and and in the Arab world as ‘subversive,’‘scholarly’ or ‘artistic’ family life—and therefore their national project—while Patai compared to other compilations of Palestinian folktales. sees the folktale as little more than a dead artifact, associated with Bedouin rather than Palestinian culture, in which Pales- Farah Aboubakr Al-Khammash is a Graduate Teaching Fellow tinian storytellers play no significant role, except as a minor- at Manchester University (UK). She may be reached at ity group living in Israel. [email protected].

Thanks to these PARC fellows for their book donations to our library in Ramallah Michelle Campos: Ottoman Brothers: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Early Twentieth-Century Palestine, Stanford University Press, 2010. Maia Carter Hallward: Struggling for a Just Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Activism in the Second Intifada, University Press of Florida, 2011. Frances Hasso: Consuming Desires: Family Crisis and the State in the Middle East, Stanford University Press, 2011. Kimberly Katz: A Young Palestinian’s Diary, 1941-1945: The Life of Sami ‘Amr, University of Texas Press, 2009. Julie Norman: The Second Palestinian Intifada: Civil Resistance, Routledge, 2010. Wendy Pearlman: Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement, Cambridge University Press, 2011 Basem Lutfi Ra’ad: Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean, Pluto Press, 2010.

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PARC is delighted to announce several new positions on our board of direc- tors. At our 2010 board meeting we ex- panded the board to add a vice president to our officers, an additional institutional members representative, and an additional member appointed by the board. The new office holders and other members are as follows: President: Najwa al-Qattan is associate professor of history at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the American Univer- sity of Beirut, an M.A. in Philosophy from Georgetown, and a Ph.D. in History and Middle East Studies from Harvard Uni- versity. She is the recipient of awards and PARC Board of Directors meets at MESA grants from SSRC, MESA, TSA, and the NEH. She has published articles on the Ottoman Muslim court, the Jews and Treasurer: Kimberly Katz is associate Rights, co-editor; The Performance of Christians of the empire, and the Ot- professor of Middle East History at Tow- Human Rights in Morocco; Women and toman Great War in journals and books son University in Maryland. She earned Power in the Middle East, co-editor; and including the InternationalJournalofMid- her Ph.D., a joint degree in History and The Object of Memory: Arab and Jew Nar- dle East Studies and Comparative Studies Middle Eastern Studies, from New York rate the Palestinian Village. University.Katz is the author of two books, inSocietyandHistory. She has also served Institutional representative: Zachary Jordanian Jerusalem: Holy Places and Na- on award committees for the Middle East Lockman is professor of Middle Eastern tional Spaces and A Young Palestinian’s Studies Association and theTurkish Stud- and Islamic Studies (MEIS) and History at Diary: The Life of Sami ‘Amr, and has pub- ies Association. New York University, where he has lished articles in The Muslim World; Com- taught modern Middle Eastern history Vice President: Rochelle A. Davis is an parative Studies in South Africa, Asia and since 1995. He was chair of MEIS and has associate professor at the Center for theMiddleEast;TheJournalofSocialAffairs; also served as director of NYU’s Hagop Contemporary Arab Studies at George- and in the Arabic-language journal Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Stud- town University. Her Ph.D. is from the Hawliyyat al-Quds. Katz has reviewed ies. He served as president of the Middle University of Michigan in cultural an- manuscripts for The Levant; Journal of East Studies Association, is a member of thropology and modern Arabic litera- Colonialism and Colonial History; Radical MESA’s Committee on Academic Free- ture. Her B.A. is from the University of History Review; Arab Studies Journal; Pren- dom, and is a contributing editor of Mid- California, Davis in art history. For more tice-Hall (textbooks); University Press of dle East Report. His main research and than 10 years, she has studied and con- Florida; Routledge; and JournalArchivesde teaching field is the social, cultural and ducted research in the Arab world, in- sciencessocialesdesreligions and grant ap- political history of the modern Middle cluding Palestine/Israel, Jordan, and plications for ACOR-NEH and PARC. Egypt. Her research focuses on refugees East, especially Palestine and Egypt. His and conflict. Among her publications is Institutional representative: Susan books include Contending Visions of the her book, Palestinian Village Histories: Ge- Slyomovics is professor of Anthropol- Middle East: the History and Politics of Ori- ographies of the Displaced, and a book ogy, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, entalism; Comrades and Enemies: Arab chapter “Mapping the Past, Recreating and director of the G. E. von Grunebaum and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906- the Homeland”in Nakba: Palestine, 1948, Center for Near Eastern Studies at the 1948; Intifada: the Palestinian Uprising and the Claims of Memory. In addition, University of California, Los Angeles. Her against Israeli Occupation (co-edited she is working on scholarly articles research interests are gender, visual an- with Joel Beinin); and Workers on the Nile: based on oral histories she collected thropology and human rights in the Nationalism, Communism, Islam, and the from Palestinians who lived in Jerusalem Middle East and North Africa. Selected Egyptian Working Class, 1882-1954 (co- before 1948, and she has also published publications include Clifford Geertz in authored with Joel Beinin). He received an article on British Mandate education Morocco, editor; Waging War and Mak- his B.A. in Near Eastern Studies from and the Arab College in Jerusalem. ing Peace: Reparations and Human continued on page 12

9 ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

Usamah Salim Shahwan (2004, 2011) public-private part- Palestinians in schools and NGOs throughout the West Bank nership as a Strategy for Economic Development in pales- and Jerusalem. tine (coresearcher Romell Soudah) and The compatibility of Business curriculum at palestinian Universities with Julie Norman (2007) Beyond the Battikh: Youth partici- the actual Demands of the Local Market as perceived by pation in Nonviolent activism in palestine. Associate Pro- Business graduates and private Sector Managers. Associ- fessor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University ate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Bethlehem - [email protected] University - [email protected] Julie Norman’s co-edited volume with PARC fellow Maia In August 2010, Usamah Shahwan published an article enti- Carter Hallward, entitled Nonviolent Resistance in the Second tled “Reassessment of the Role of Culture in Managerial Be- Intifada: Activism and Advocacy, was published in 2011 by Pal- havior: The Case of Palestine”in Advances in Management. grave Macmillan. Nili Belkind (2010) Music, conflict and peacemaking: Falestin Naili (2005) Memory and oblivion in artas: an El- Ethics, aesthetics and cultural policy across the Israeli- ement of the rural History of palestine. Associated Re- palestinian Divide. PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology at searcher, Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhone-Alpes, Columbia University - [email protected] Lyons, France - [email protected] Nili Belkind’s article entitled“A Message for Peace or a Tool of Oppression? Israeli Jewish-Arab Duo Achinoam Nini and Mira Falestin Naili published two articles in the first half of 2011, Awad’s Representation of Israel at Eurovision 2009”was pub- one of which is in English: “The Millenarist Settlement in Artas lished in the summer 2010 edition of Current Musicology. and its Support Network in Europe and North America, 1845- 1878” in the Jerusalem Quarterly. Naili’s dissertation is also gary Fields (2010) Enclosure: Landscape in palestine in a now available online in French at the following link: Not-Too-Distant Mirror. Associate Professor of Communica- http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00443901/fr/. tion at University of California, San Diego - [email protected] anthony wanis-St. John (2005) Back-Channel Negotia- Gary Fields published an article in the Radical History Review tions in the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process. Assistant Pro- (Is. 108, Fall 2010) entitled “Ex-Communicated: Historical Re- fessor in the School of International Service, American flections on Enclosure Landscapes in Palestine.” University - [email protected] Heidi Morrison (2010) Faculty Development Seminar. As- Anthony Wanis-St. John’s book Back Channel Negotiation: Se- sistant Professor in History at University of Wisconsin, La crecy in the Middle East Peace Process, which elaborates on re- Crosse - [email protected] search that he pursued with a PARC fellowship, was published Heidi Morrison was granted a Faculty Research Grant from by Syracuse University Press in 2011. her university to conduct research in the West Bank in the summer of 2011 on memories of childhood violence during ghassan Haddad (2004) The Zionist co-option of the second Intifada. She is also hosting a speaker from the Sport in palestine: constructing the palestinian Sport Middle East Children’s Alliance who will speak on Palestinian Narrative. Consultant for Qatar Olympic Committee - Children’s Water Issues at her campus as part of a Midwest [email protected] tour. Additionally, Morrison published an article on the state Ghassan Charles Haddad has continued his archival research of children’s history in Palestine in the Fall 2010 Society for the on Zionism and the International Olympic Committee, which History of Children and Youth Bulletin. he had worked on as a PARC fellow. After serving ten years as gail Sahar (2010) Faculty Development Seminar. President of the Palestinian Rowing Federation, Haddad Associate Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College - moved to Doha where he is currently working with the Qatar [email protected] Olympic Committee (QOC). His responsibilities include the alignment of elite athlete management strategies in 26 na- Gail Sahar, a Palestinian-American participant in PARC’s Fac- tional federations with the QOC’s strategic objectives, pro- ulty Development Seminar, published a personal reflection fessional development activities for clubs and federations entitled “Gaining Perspective: Psychology Professor takes a associated with the Qatar Olympic Academy and Olympic Closer Look at Palestine” in the Wheaton College Quarterly Solidarity’s Advanced Sport Management Coursework, and magazine. In the article, Sahar describes visiting her father’s workforce training and publications for the 12th Pan-Arab home for the first time, as well as her experiences meeting Games, which took place in Doha in November 2011.

10 Maia carter Hallward (2004) Building Space for peace: Thomas ricks (2003) Voices from the Schoolyards: Mem- Identity and Discourse in Israel/palestine. Assistant Profes- ories of palestine, 1955-1973. Independent Specialist/Con- sor in the Department of Political Science and International sultant - [email protected] Affairs at Kennesaw State University - [email protected] Thomas Ricks’ book Turbulent Times in Palestine: The Diaries of The Women’s Caucus for International Studies (WCIS) and KhalilTotah, 1886-1955 was published by the Institute for Pales- sponsor Lynne Rienner (Lynne Rienner Publishers) awarded the tine Studies in 2009. This biography of one of Mandate Pales- 2010 Deborah (“Misty”) Gerner Grant for Professional Devel- tine’s best-known educators draws on Totah’s diaries, journals, opment to Maia Hallward Carter . The WCIS is devoted to up- letters, photos, testimonies, and published writings. Ricks’in- grading the status of women in the profession of international troduction provides a contextualized narrative toTotah’s works studies. Hallward’s new book, based partially on the research that charts his journey from his childhood in Ottoman Ramal- she conducted with her PARC fellowship, is entitled Struggling lah and studies at Columbia University to his career as the prin- for a Just Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Activism in the Second In- cipal of the Quaker Friends School in British-Mandate Ramallah. tifada, University Press of Florida. Hallward, along with former PARC fellow Julie Norman, has a forthcoming edited volume Michelle campos (2001) a Shared Homeland and Its with Palgrave Macmillian entitled Nonviolent Resistance in the Boundaries. Assistant Professor in Modern Middle East His- Second Intifada: Activism and Advocacy. tory at University of Florida - [email protected]

wendy pearlman (2004) public opinion, political Frag- Michelle Campos’s book Ottoman Brothers: Muslims, Christians, mentation, and capabilities in the Second Intifada: analy- and Jews in Early Twentieth Century Palestine, which was based sis of palestinian Use of Force. Crown Junior Chair in Middle on her PARC-funded research, was published by Stanford Uni- East Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at versity Press in the fall of 2010. Ottoman Brothers explores the Northwestern University - [email protected] development of Ottoman collective identity, tracing how Mus- lims, Christians, and Jews became imperial citizens together. In Wendy Pearlman’s book entitled Violence, Nonviolence, and Palestine, even against the backdrop of the emergence of the the Palestinian National Movement was recently published by Zionist movement and Arab nationalism, Jews and Arabs co- Cambridge University Press. operated in local development and local institutions as they embraced imperial citizenship. rhoda Kanaaneh (2003) palestinian Soldiers in the Israeli Military. Adjunct Associate Professor in Anthropology at Co- Khaled Furani (2001) Modern poets contesting power. As- lumbia University - [email protected] sistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and An- thropology, Tel-Aviv University - [email protected] Rhoda Kanaaneh and another PARC fellow, Isis Nusair, pub- lished their co-edited volume Displaced at Home: Ethnicity and Khaled Furani presented themes from his latest essay entitled Gender among Palestinians in Israel, with SUNY Press in Octo- “The Ethnographic Arriving of Palestine”at Georgetown Uni- ber 2010. The idea for this anthology grew out of a PARC- versity in October 2011. sponsored panel at MESA. Kanaaneh also participated in the workshop at Columbia University (also PARC-supported) that brought together 12 contributors to the volume who are all Palestinian women citizens of Israel. Seeking Publication Morag Kersel (2003) Selling the past: global Strategies for cultural property protection. Assistant Professor in Information from the Department of Anthropology at DePaul University - [email protected] PARC Fellows In January 2011, Morag Kersel conducted a Wenner Gren-sup- Please help us build our Website resources ported field project in the Dead Sea Plain of Jordan (at the site with information on your publications of Fifa), building upon her PARC research on archaeological site related to Palestine. Send complete destruction and trade in antiquities. In 2010, Kersel’s chapter information to [email protected]. entitled“The Changing Legal Landscape for Middle Eastern Ar- (If you did not receive an earlier chaeology in the Colonial Era, 1800-1930,”was published in Pi- email on this, we may not have oneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, your current email address.) 1919-1920 (Oriental Institute Museum Publications 30).

11 Najib and Abla PARC Panel at MESA in San Diego Khoury Fellowship and George Washington University

Thanks to the generosity of Dina and Al- PARC arranged a double panel at the fred Khoury, PARC is honored to inau- 2010 Middle East Studies Association gurate the Najib and Abla Khoury meeting in San Diego; both parts fo- Fellowship for Palestinian researchers. cused on Islam and politics in Palestine. This fellowship, which will be awarded The first part of the panel brought to- annually, honors two individuals whose gether four scholars from the region: lives were intricately woven into the his- Mouin Rabbani from Amman, and Helga tory of Palestine. They, like all Palestini- Baumgarten, Ghada Al-Madbouh, and ans, found their lives changed by forces Moussa Abou Ramadan of Birzeit Uni- outside their control. They settled in versity; Nubar Hovsepian served as chair PARC panel at 2010 MESA West Jerusalem as a young family, and Glenn Robinson as discussant. Par- moved to Bethlehem as refugees after ticipants in the first panel came through Brown and Loren Lybarger that sought 1948, and then raised their children in Washington on their way to San Diego to put the Palestinian experience in com- East Jerusalem. They believed in the im- and held a lively public discussion of parative perspective. Brown served as portance of education and its vital role Palestinian politics hosted by George chair and Laurie Brand as discussant. in building and sustaining the strength Washington University. The second part More than 70 people attended the ses- of the Palestinians. of the panel at MESA consisted of three sion that included thoughtful questions papers by Holger Albrecht, Nathan from an interested audience. Najib Khoury was born in Nablus, grad- uated with a B.A. from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and did his grad- uate studies in theology at American PARC Board of Directors International Journal of Middle East University in Washington, D.C. He was a (continued from page 9) Studies, and Comparative Studies in So- theologian, an amateur archeologist, Princeton and his Ph.D. in History and ciety and History, and worked as book and a scholar. He had an enduring love Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard. review editor for the International Jour- of books and reading and valued edu- nal of Middle East Studies. She has also cation above all else. Honest to a fault, Board appointed member: Dina Rizk reviewed grant applications for the he worked hard to educate his children. Khoury is an associate professor of his- NEH, SSRC and ACLS, and is a Guggen- tory and international relations at Abla Haddad Khoury was born in Haifa. heim fellow. George Washington University. She is She was a bright, fun and funny woman the author of State and Provincial Soci- with a sharp sense of humor. A trail- PARC is grateful to have these distin- ety in the Ottoman Empire, Mosul 1540- blazer for her generation, she was one guished scholars join our board and as- 1834, and has published numerous of the first women to attend college in sume positions of leadership. A complete articles in journals and edited volumes. the 1930’s. She raised four children and list of board members is on page 2 of this Khoury is currently writing a book on helped them to find their paths in life. newsletter, and more detailed biogra- war, citizenship and memory in Ba’thist Both she and Najib died and were phies of all board members can be found Iraq. She has served as a manuscript re- buried outside their beloved homeland on PARC’s website at http://parc-us- viewer for Cambridge University Press, of Palestine. The Najib and Abla Khoury pal.org/who.htm. A letter from PARC’s SUNY Press, St. Martin’s Press, Oxford Fellowship for Palestinian researchers new president, Najwa al-Qattan, is on University Press, and Westview Press. pays tribute to Najib and Abla’s memory page 1 of this newsletter. We welcome She reviewed articles for Ethnohistory, and their many contributions. Najwa’s thoughtful leadership.

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Sherene Seikaly (2008-2009) Nutri- food and service distribution. As a reac- Dana Hercbergs (2008-2009) Narra- tion, colonial Development, andwar- tion to the Palestine government’s par- tives on growing Up in Jerusalem Making in 1940s palestine (sseikaly@ simonious approach to food and since 1948 ([email protected]) aucegypt.edu) welfare provision, Jewish and Arab mu- nicipal leaders joined forces in 1942 in Palestinian and Israeli Jerusalemites who Food and nutrition were important con- an ephemeral, but nevertheless un- grew up during the late British Mandate ceptual and institutional sites through precedented, campaign for the “basic and Jordanian eras articulate their mem- which British, Palestinian Arab, and Euro- needs”of the“Palestinian citizen.” ories of childhood and youth in a variety pean Jewish actors formulated new ideas of verbal genres in both private and pub- of development and welfare. A look at Natalie K Jensen (2008-2009) Mobil- lic domains. Their discourses about the the less-studied social welfare compo- ity within constraints: gender, Migra- past are shaped by their current social nent of the broader development shift of tion, and New Spaces for palestinian and political positions in the city, such the 1930s in British and French colonies women ([email protected]) that descriptions of their youth are punc- reveals an intricate process of forging so- Jensen’sresearch topic focuses on the ge- tuated by ideological statements about ciety and state in 1940s Palestine. Officials ographic scale of the household and the such themes as Arab-Jewish relations, in London and Jerusalem created new everyday life of young, single and edu- communal life, religious identity, and the categories of the “needy” and the “desti- cated Palestinian women referred to as landscape. Overall, the recollections of tute” based on testing and surveying binat Ramallah or ‘Ramallah girls.’ This Jewish Jerusalemites are articulated from “basic needs.”Thus, the“destitute”in Pales- population skillfully navigates the dual tine was a figure to be sought out and re- the vantage point of a relatively stable spaces of home/household in their re- formed under the ambit of governmental present, implicitly granting speakers and spective towns and villages throughout institutions: the school luncheon, the mu- audience permission to indulge in reflec- Palestine, as well as the demands of work nicipal kitchen, or a food stamp distribu- tion on cultural themes, including nostal- and social and economic obligations in tion center.AsWorldWar II intensified and gia for the bygone days of the Jordanian Ramallah. Jensen examines this popula- Mediterranean trade came to a halt, offi- period and earlier.Palestinian projects ini- tion as internal economic migrants, cials in Palestine switched gears to focus tiated by organizations based in East demonstrating the distinctive gendered on the immediate imperative of well-fed Jerusalem focus on the needs of the pres- dimensions of the new and dynamic ent, self-preservation and stability, juxta- and productive soldiers and workers. A Palestinian economic geography in posing a better pre-1967 and pre-1948 broad rationing scheme in the cities and which they navigate. These women are past with the current state of affairs. Re- towns of Palestine changed people’srela- located at a critical site and time, trans- tionship to food. For Palestinian national- gressing normative gendered economic search demonstrates that young people ists, municipal leaders, and reformers, the roles, while still valuing and reproducing are becoming more localized in their science of nutrition was a key imperative aspects of the patriarchal structure in movement, and thus increasingly limited in forging the healthy and modern home which they live. Many of these women to their respective Arab or Jewish areas in and nation. Nutrition and welfare were endure dramatic personal and social up- the city. This lack of familiarity with the key arenas for distinguishing the state as heaval in the cosmopolitan space of Ra- urban terrain is a result of the limitations a supervising, reforming and discrete en- mallah, while contending with structural of living in a divided city. tity separate from the social, albeit colo- and individualized forms of discrimina- Hercbergs’research is a rich resource in nial and highly fragmented, body of the tion—including poor working condi- terms of presenting the city’s history Palestinian nation. tions, little guarantee of permanent or from the perspectives of its residents, long-term employment, a lack of ade- The differences between European Jew- particularly its young inhabitants. In the quate housing, public harassment, and ish and Palestinian Arab experiences of public sphere, alternative guided tours service provisions, welfare, and food ra- their moral character being questioned. of Jerusalem’s neighborhoods based on tioning were deep. Through institutions They are also tied to the family household residents’ memories could be formed such as Hadassah and the Vaad Leumi, financially and are expected to return pe- around a variety of themes, including European Jews, consolidated their“ma- riodically. Living and working in Ramal- chinery of distribution”of food and wel- lah subjects them to the hassles and children’s spaces in the city. Academi- fare services. Palestinian Arabs, for their harassment of a commute interrupted by cally, the research expands the field of part, had a long-standing tradition of the Israeli occupation.These courageous youth studies in the Middle East. It charitable organizations beginning at women are choosing a path that some demonstrates how assessments of the the turn of the century. During the view as radical, or even revolutionary, be- present are implicated in oral history, 1940s, municipal Arab leaders at- cause it defies, out of necessity, the es- and the way that larger-than-local insti- tempted to transition from charity pro- tablished social norms which informally tutions are implicated in the represen- vision to a more systematized form of proscribe their living“alone”in Ramallah. tation of local culture and identity.

13 RECOGNIZINGYOUR SUPPORT

We would like to recognize the follow- University of Arizona, Center for Middle Rory Conces ing institutions and individuals who Eastern and North African Studies Ramsey Dahab have contributed financial support over University of Michigan Michael Daher the past year. University of Pennsylvania, John Damis Middle East Center Nina Dodge Thank you for your membership and Tufts University, Fares Center for Eastern Beshara Doumani donations that help to support scholar- Mediterranean Studies John Ferré ship in Palestinian studies. Nancy Gallagher Individual or Institutional Individual Supporting ($200-$999) Florence Gaub Patron ($1,000 or Above) Lila Abu-Lughod David Greenhalgh Betsy Brinson Joyce Ajlouny & Ziad Khalaf Benson Harer, Jr. Nadia Hijab Charles Butterworth Laurie Brand Hala Jadallah Nancy & Omar Kader Brian Barber Christine Leuenberger Dina & Alfred Khoury Marita Boullata Persis Karim Ann Lesch Louise Cainkar Osamah Khalil Abdul Muhsin al-Qattan Lawrence Davidson Laleh Khalili Leila Mikdadi al-Qattan Rochelle Anne Davis Rana Khoury Najwa, Leenah & Omar al-Qattan Layth Elmusa Sawssan & Wael Khoury Philip Schrodt Ellen Fleischmann Alma & Khalil Korkor Judith Tucker Lina Hamadeh Vickie Langohr Council of American Overseas Mazen Hanna Christopher Lee Research Centers Nubar Hovsepian Robert James Gregory Mahler Institutional Supporting ($500) Penny Johnson Samuel E. Mattar New York University, Hagop Kevorkian Rhoda Kanaaneh Weldon Matthews Center for Near Eastern Studies Kimberly Katz Ann Elizabeth Mayer Heidi Morrison University of California Berkeley, Mona & Rashid Khalidi Silvia Nagy-Zekmi Center for Middle East Studies Zachary Lockman Eisuke Naramoto University of Maryland, College Park, Loren Lybarger Maryvelma O’Neil Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Nabil Matar Christine Pinch Development Philip Mattar William Quandt Villanova University, Center for Arab Penelope Mitchell and Islamic Studies Mohamed Rabie Jennifer Olmsted Sarah Rogers Eileen & John Olmsted Institutional Supporting ($250) Gail Sahar Don Peretz Columbia University, Center for Grace Said Julie Peteet Palestine Studies Yasmin Saikia Nanette Pyne Georgetown University, Center for Mahasin Saleh Contemporary Arab Studies Susan Slyomovics Robert Sauders George Washington University, Charles D. Smith Marilyn & Thomas Schaub Institute for Middle East Studies Ghada & Ayoub Talhami May Seikaly Mississippi State University, Cobb Emily Voight Sherene Seikaly Institute of Archaeology Jess White Nahda Shehada University of California Los Angeles, Amy Lear White Kim Shively Center for Near Eastern Studies Jennifer Wicke Irene Siegel University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Farhat Ziadeh Nagendra & Allison Singh Carolina Center for the Study of the Peter Sluglett Middle East and Muslim Civilizations Individual Sponsoring ($26-$199) Paul Spickard Diana Allan Christopher R. Stone Institutional ($100) Naser Alsharif Lucian W. Stone Brown University Barbara Aswad Carey Suleiman & Mervon Mehta Duke University, Islamic Studies Center Bilal Ayyub Stephen Tamari Foundation for Middle East Peace Aida Bamia Janice Terry Levant USA, Inc. Joel Beinin Lee Tesdell Loyola Marymount University Craig Campbell Mark Tessler Portland State University, Middle East Neil Caplan Samira Tuffaha Studies Center Morris Coburn Neal Walls

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Carnegie Grant Supports PARC analysis of 93 face-to-face qualitative in- Lectures, Paper Presentation, terviews with Arab American Muslim (and and Symposium some Christian) teenagers living in Jordan, (continued from page 1) Palestine, and Yemen. Interviews were conducted in 2011. PARC was delighted class lectures and a large public lecture with this opportunity to reach out to pro- on the intersection of Islam and politics fessional associations beyond MESA. in Palestine, and a brunch for faculty members on CAORC opportunities. The initiative also provided funding to Heidi Morrison of the University of Loren Lybarger PARC board member Jennifer Olmsted of Wisconsin, Lacrosse, welcomed PARC prospects for the Palestinian-Israeli Drew University for a symposium on“So- board member Loren Lybarger of Ohio peace process by Nathan Brown. (A sep- cial Justice, Gender, and Islam.” Three University in April of 2011 for three arate Carnegie grant funded this event.) women, Muslim scholars/activists, all of class talks and discussions on Islam and whom are involved in (re)interpreting politics in Palestine as well as an inter- Louise Cainkar of Marquette University Islam through a gender lens, led a day- view on the local public radio station received funding to present a paper en- long symposium with lectures by the three based on the campus. The interview fo- titled “Muslim American Children of Im- cused on the Somali Muslim immigrant migrants: The Role of Transnational guest speakers, as well as breakout ses- community in the United States. Also in Identities and Experiences in American sions, in which members of the Drew com- April, Gail Sahar ofWheaton College in Being and Achieving” at the 2011 Ameri- munity interacted with the speakers in Massachusetts organized a lunch with can Sociological Association annual meet- smaller groups to discuss questions of so- students and a campus lecture on ing.The paper was based on preliminary cial justice, gender, and interfaith dialog.

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