<i>Sumud</i> pedagogy as linguistic citizenship: Palestinian youth in Israel against imposed subjectivities

Awayed-Bishara, Muzna

doi:10.1017/s0047404523000891

Lang. Soc.

2023

DOI: 10.1017/s0047404523000891

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Sumud pedagogy as linguistic citizenship: Palestinian youth in Israel against imposed subjectivities

Muzna Awayed-Bishara

Abstract: This linguistic ethnographic study offers a nuanced pedagogical account of the Arabic term sumud, or ‘steadfastness’, through a sociolinguistic analysis of decolonial modes of expression among Palestinian youth in Israel. I reflect on events during the 2021 uprisings in East Jerusalem, when Palestinian youth within Israel took to the streets in solidarity with Palestinians in Jerusalem and Gaza. Considering the Israeli education system's denationalization of the Palestinian community within its borders, I exam… Show more

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Theory Into Practice in Teacher Education: Applying Engaging Pedagogies in the Arab EFL Classroom

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A semiotics of the otherwise: space, temporality and politics in Rana Bishara’s Roadmap for Elimination

Milani

2024

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

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This article presents an analysis of Rana Bishara’s installation Roadmap for Elimination, which is semiotically and materially interesting due to the skillful combination of language, maps of Palestine, and other key symbolic elements of Palestinian resistance such as cactus leaves. The article illustrates how, in the artwork, space and time fold into each other for political purposes in such a way that the European colonial past is visually overlaid with the present Israeli occupation, and the vision of a different future. Ultimately, the argument mounted in the article is that the installation is a defiant act of linguistic citizenship through which Bishara engendered a momentary space of otherwise. The spatio-temporal elements in the artwork, in turn, activate a plethora of emotions that affectively interpellate a European viewer into complex discursive positions of implicated subject vis-à-vis the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. On a theoretical level, the article seeks to demonstrate how Povinelli’s notion of spaces of otherwise, coupled with Stroud’s linguistic citizenship, can be relevant to sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, giving us a conceptual apparatus for better understanding the nexus of agency, space and time. On a more empirical level, the article also seeks to bring more precision to the spatio-temporal dimensions of both Stroud’s and Povinelli’s work.

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Radicalization and extremism of youth: Comparative case study of Palestine and Israel

Dobrucka

2024

Politika nacionalne bezbednosti

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one of the most prolonged and most severe in modern times, is a source of violence, hatred and acts of terrorism that affect the daily lives of both societies. Particularly susceptible to this negative impact are young people, who, in response to various factors, develop a system of reactions, including a turn toward extremist views and radicalization. This increases mutual resentment, hostility and acts of violence, disrupting already poorly functioning social relations. This paper examines these processes on youth in Israel and Palestine and aims to identify the mechanisms leading to them on both sides. The analysis highlights how the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent territorial disputes fueled by Zionist ideologies have perpetuated cycles of violence and retribution. Using a qualitative comparative case study approach, the author analyzes cultural, educational and religious influences and direct interactions with the authorities or educators on youth from both sides. Great importance was given to social or economic factors, as lack of prospects, dehumanization, or social rejection are among the most critical factors pushing young people toward radicalization. Additional emphasis is also placed on the influence of stereotyping of the Hamas terrorist organization, as well as mandatory service in IDF units. The paper also addresses trauma and mental health as some of the factors that influence the development of aggressive behaviour. The findings underscore the complexity of the radicalization process, influenced by multiple interrelated factors and emphasize the need for strategies to prevent youth radicalization in Israel and Palestine and promote peace in the region.

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Sumud pedagogy as linguistic citizenship: Palestinian youth in Israel against imposed subjectivities

Cited by 3 publications

References 40 publications

Theory Into Practice in Teacher Education: Applying Engaging Pedagogies in the Arab EFL Classroom

Theory Into Practice in Teacher Education: Applying Engaging Pedagogies in the Arab EFL Classroom

A semiotics of the otherwise: space, temporality and politics in Rana Bishara’s Roadmap for Elimination

Radicalization and extremism of youth: Comparative case study of Palestine and Israel

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