Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity

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Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity
Author Tahrir Hamdi
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date
November 17, 2022
Awards Palestine Book Award
ISBN 9781788313407

Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity is a 2022 book by Tahrir Hamdi, a professor of Decolonial Studies at Arab Open University. [1] It was a 2023 winner of the Counter Current Award category by Palestine Book Award [2] and has been widely reviewed. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. Hamdi, Tahrir (2022-12-15). Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-1-78831-340-7.
  2. "Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity". Palestine Book Awards. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  3. Butt, Usman (29 October 2023). "Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity". Middle East Monitor.
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  6. Moore, Lindsey (October 2023). "Tahrir Hamdi, Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity". Edinburgh University Press Journals | Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies.