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Divine Encounters: Memoirs of an Armenian Palestinian Painter from Jerusalem and Beyond

Autobiographies are an important part of writing history, since they give a unique, first-hand, and an eyewitness account of the past, as lived by their writers. Autobiographies give us a glimpse of rich lives lived with all their ups and downs, struggles and failures, as well as advances and setbacks. Such genre invites us to look at history, no...

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Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological concepts –Israel, the land, election, and chosen people – must be decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking about Palestine. Decolonizing Pale...

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Dedicated to Palestine: The Life and Work of Ethnologist Hilma Granqvist

In the 1920s and ‘30s Finnish Ethnologist Hilma Granqvist (1890-1972) conducted ground-breaking ethnological fieldwork in the Palestinian village of Artas. She developed a new method of research, which involved active participation in the life of the community she studied. Granqvist was meticulous in her work and gathered comprehensive statistical...

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The Saga of Survival: Armenian Palestinians, the British Mandate and the Nakba

The book depicts the life of the Armenian community during the British Mandate in Palestine. It contributes to the overall narrative about the political and socioeconomic aspects prior to the Nakba and the fundamental changes which have occurred to the indigenous and the uninterrupted presence of Armenians in Palestine. It sheds light on the challe...

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Culture and Digital Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities for Southwest Asia and North Africa

Southwestern Asia and North Africa (SWANA) is a region experiencing a multilevel digital transformation in the last few decades, with a surge in adopting new technologies and innovative ways of creating content, communicating, and doing business across all sectors. Digital transformation has reshaped how the private sphere, governments, non-governm...

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Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004

The book research the role of the Palestinian Christians in the struggle for national liberation from WWI through WWII and especially after the Israeli occupation in 1967. The role of the Palestinian Christians in resisting the Britisch mandate and Israeli occupation is highlighted. The contribution of the Christian churches in Palestine to diploma...

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A Palestinian Armenian: The Intertwine between the Social and the Political

This book tells the story and history of a 1,600-year-old Christian community in Palestine. The Armenian community is one of the oldest - if not the oldest- communities in Jerusalem with an interrupted presence. Armenia was the first Christian country to adopt Christianity as the religion of the state, thereby making national and religious identity...

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Mapping of Christian Organizations in Palestine: Social and Economic Impact

This study is a testimony to the vital role played by Christian churches and church-related organizations in Palestinian society, especially in the areas of education, health, development, and culture. This role is not new but dates back to the early church that was born in no other place than Jerusalem. The study reflects the continuing service an...

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