Speakers: Dr. Ahmed Amara, Dr. Safa’a Abu Rabi’a, Mr. Kaid Abulatif, Dr. Mansour Nasasrah, Dr. Sophie Richter-Devroe

Thursday, 20 June, 12:00–16:30
Place: the Palestinian Museum

This symposium addresses the issue of Zionist settlements in the Naqab, expanding analysis of the Israeli colonial settlement project beyond the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Presenters at the symposium will focus on the following topics:

- The history of the Naqab and the legal framework for Israel’s land confiscation practices;
- Urban planning, the ‘mixed cities,’ and the Judaization of the Naqab;
- Military rule, the unrecognised Palestinian villages, and resettlement schemes;
- Women's Memory of Beersheba: How do women narrate the Nakba?
- The use of urban planning in the Judaization of the Naqab.

The speakers:
Dr. Ahmed Amara is a lawyer and academic with a PhD in History and Hebrew and Judaic studies from New York University. He has published a number of studies on the Naqab region, including: "Umm al-Hiran as a model for the displacement and relocation of the Arabs of the Naqab." For more, see: Academia / Palestine Studies

Dr. Safa’a Abu Rabi’a is a researcher and academic from Beersheba with a PhD in Anthropology. Her dissertation was on oral history of the Nakba as narrated by Bedouin women in the Naqab. Her published research includes: "Land, Identity and History: A New Discourse on the Nakba of the Bedouin Arabs in the Naqab," which appears in Bedouin of the Naqab and Colonialism: New Perspectives.

Dr. Sophie Richter-Devroe is an Assistant Professor in the Women, Society and Development Program of the Faculty of Humanities at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Her research explores issues surrounding women and gender in the Middle East, with a particular interest in women and culture in the Naqab. Among her publications is a 2016 article on “The politics of representation: The case of the Naqab Bedouin.”

Mr. Kaid Abulatif is a Palestinian researcher and playwright from the city of Rahat and the director of Rahat Municipal Theater - Mihbash. He has published several studies on cinema and theater. Among his works is a research project on the Arab Bedouin of the Naqab in the context of the Palestinian national project. More of his work can be found at: Romman / Ahewar

Dr. Mansour Nasasrah is a researcher and an academic specialized in international relations and political science. He holds a doctorate from the University of Exeter and a research fellowship with the Council for British Research in the Levant in London. He has published several academic books and articles, including the 2014 edited volume, “The Naqab Bedouin and Colonialism: New Perspectives.”
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For organisational purposes, please register for this symposium here