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Diaspora and Identity The Case of Palestine
The studies on diaspora, migration and identity formation outside the “mother land” are increasing in number and scope. In the last ten years several papers, doctoral theses and books were published focusing on certain aspects of the Palestinian diaspora and identity. This book contains the proceedings of an international conference that was held...
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Shifting Identities: Changes in the Social, Political, and Religious Structures in the Arab World
This book contains the proceedings of the International conference, “Shifting Identities: Changes in the social, political, and religious structures in the Middle East”, which was held in Cyprus in July 2015. The conference brought together around 50 professors, historians, theologians, social scientists and researchers from over 15 countries inclu...
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Atlas of Palestinian Rural Heritage
This Book provides a comprehensive documentation of the social, cultural and oral history of rural Palestine and is an important tool for researchers,
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The Case for Humanity: An Extraordinary Session
In the first ever meeting of its kind at the United Nations, over one hundred of the greatest leaders, artists, and philosophers that have walked the earth gather in New York City. Among them, Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Emily Dickinson, Carl Jung, Nikola Tesla, Helen Kelle, Martin Luther King Jr, and Lao Tsu have traveled across space and time to h...
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Reflections on Palestinian Art: Art of Resistance or Aesthetics
Since artists are visual historians, they visualize history and offer those visualizations as art to be contemplated and interpreted by others. In this book, Faten Nastas Mitwasi views Palestinian history through the lens of art. She presents an excellent overview of Palestinian art and, more importantly, she analyzes it in the context of the dif...
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Palestinian Identity in Relation to Time and Space
The development of the Palestinian Identity has been the focus of many studies and conferences. However, all of the studies so far concentrate on the emergence of this identity in the last hundred years. Although several papers in this book still have dealt with the development of the Palestinian Identity in late Ottoman and early British Manda...
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Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible through Palestinian Eyes
“The author offers his thoughtful analysis of the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict through making astute historical and biblical connections that culminate in the presentation of hope as ‘faith in action.’ A scholar piece that makes a good read for anyone interested in this subject.” HR Prince El-Hassan bin Talal, Chairman of the board of...
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The Church of the Nativity
This is the first comprehensive guide book written about Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, based on the latest scholarly research, yet designed for a popular audience. Jerusalem's legendary photographer Garo Nalbandian provides color photographs of every section of the church complex, its mosaics and painted columns, artifacts from different eras...
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Sailing through Troubled Waters: Christianity in the Middle East
It was in 1988 that Mitri Raheb was ordained Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land and was installed as Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem after finishing his seminary studies and doctorate in Germany in Church History. Besides being a Pastor, Mitri Raheb continued to be involved in the...
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Palestinian Christians in the West Bank: Facts, Figures and Trends
Many resources could be found dealing with the status of Palestinian Christians. However, a few of them could be considered comprehensive and up-to-date. This has been confirmed by a recent mapping carried out by Diyar Consortium. This book aims at creating a reliable database that is essential in developing a shared, comprehensive and ecumenic...
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