Dr. Maha Nassar is an associate professor at the University of Arizona. She is the author of: Brothers Apart: Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab World (Stanford University Press).
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By Maha Nassar
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Opinion Why ‘From the River to the Sea’ still echoes across campuses one year into protests
Attempts to bar the pro-Palestinian chant have mostly failed
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Opinion ‘From The River To The Sea’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
A 2018 piece on what the phrase means to Palestinian activists who use it
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Opinion For Palestinians, Israel’s Nation State Bill Only Tells Us What We Already Know
Late Thursday night, the Israeli Knesset passed a controversial law that defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. As a Basic Law, it enshrines much of the ongoing discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel. Critics have slammed the new law as “the official beginning of fascism and apartheid” and “a poison pill for…
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Opinion For Palestinians, The Nakba Is Not Just A Tragedy But A Triumph
In 1948 my mother was three years old and living in the middle-class Ajami neighborhood on Jaffa’s coast. In April, Hagana and Irgun forces began mortaring the city, pushing Palestinians further and further towards the sea. My mother and her family rushed on to their fishing trawler and sailed north, first to Beirut, then to…
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Opinion It’s Time To Put To Rest The Myth That Palestinian Mothers Don’t Love Their Children
Many years ago, I spoke at a Reform synagogue in Chicago about the Palestinian experience. It was the height of the Second Intifada, and during the Question and Answer session, a woman asked me with a concerned look, “Why don’t Palestinian mothers love their children?” Confused, I was sure I had misheard the question. “I’m…
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