Palestinian Diaspora in Transnational Worlds: Intergenerational Differences in Negotiating Identity, Belonging and Home

A Critical Analysis on Identity Crisis in Hala Alayan’s ‘Salt Houses

“…Since 1993, almost a hundred thousand Palestinians have returned through a peace process that has distressed the Palestinians with the perspective of their developments and purposes (Schulz, 2005. p. 3). Zaidan (2012) believes that there are six major events which strengthened Palestinian identity crisis; the 1936-1939Arab revolt, 1948 Arab Israel-War, the economic situation from 1950s to 1960s was intensely uncertain, Six-Day War of 1967, the first Intifada 1987and second Intifada 2000and the Gulf War of 1991.…”