Summary
Author of The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947 (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), a history of how Palestinian nationality and citizenship were created and contested under the British Mandate (The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947, PDF p.4-5).
Details
- The book came out of a PhD thesis submitted to the History Department at SOAS, University of London; her doctoral supervisor was Nelida Fuccaro (PDF p.8-9).
- Her focus on citizenship and nationality came indirectly out of academic and personal interest in the history of Palestine during the Mandate and the ideologies, political, social and civic forces that shaped it (PDF p.8).
- Research funding from PARC, CBRL, PEF and SOAS during 2011 and 2012 made the bulk of the research possible, and the Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Department of the University of Manchester provided a base from which she finished the manuscript (PDF p.9).
Related pages
The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947, Palestine Citizenship Order-in-Council 1925, Palestinian nationality