The nakba and oral history
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Edinburgh University Press
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This article takes account of the disastrous effects for the Palestinian people of the establishment of Israel in Palestine, scattering them geographically, and transforming them into refugees, exiles, or 2 nd class Israeli citizens. It further argues that this national catastrophe has not been adequately recorded as community and individual experience. The potential of oral history for historicising marginal experience is discussed, along with its neglect by Palestinian cultural institutions. Finally, it covers those individual and NGO researchers who have partially filled the gap in certain regions of the shatat. © Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies.
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Individual and ngo research, Neglect of oral history’s potential, Oral history, Oral history as recorder of experience and marginality, Palestine, Palestinian cultural institutions, The nakba, The nakba as experience