The PLO’s situation is darker but that doesn’t represent Palestinian prospects

by Rashmee

Posted on April 22, 2022


As the situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories deteriorates, it’s worth looking at the …

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Arafat and Palestinian exceptionalism

by Rashmee

Posted on April 21, 2022


We are considering the history of Palestinian exceptionalism against a dark backdrop in Israel, the …

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Arafat’s PLO and the high point of Palestinian distinctiveness

by Rashmee

Posted on April 20, 2022


At the fifth session of the Palestine National Council (PNC) in February 1969, there were …

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The PLO broadens, deepens and becomes truly representative

by Rashmee

Posted on April 19, 2022


Some days ago, we examined nationhood and nationalism in the context of Ukraine and Palestine.…

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All change with the PLO

by Rashmee

Posted on March 26, 2022


Some say that there hasn’t been quite such a moment again in the Palestinian national …

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Nasser and post-Nakba Palestinian nationalism

by Rashmee

Posted on March 25, 2022


Gamal Abdel Nasser ranks high in the great man school of history in the sense …

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Nakba: what the catastrophe meant for Palestinian political development

by Rashmee

Posted on March 24, 2022


The political consciousness of a people can be fragile. Not because people themselves are fragile …

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Palestine and the two types of nationalism

by Rashmee

Posted on March 23, 2022


In his 2013 paper titled ‘Palestinian Nationalism: An Overview’, Haifa university Professor As’ad …

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Countries, nations and states. Where does Palestine fit in?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 22, 2022


Going by American anthropologist Clifford Geertz’s definition, Ukraine is a nation, a state, a country, …

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Coronavirus won’t kill off the high price of Brexit and ‘nostalgic nationalism’

by Rashmee

Posted on April 4, 2020


The joint Brexit committee – composed of EU and UK representatives – had its first …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK