Palestine Never Goes Away
I’ve never thought of my devotion to Palestine’s liberation as contingent on any kind of productivity. It’s there whether or not I write about the occupation, whether or not I attend a conference,...
View ArticleA Practical Appraisal of Palestinian Violence
I. Terror and Jubilation When I was a graduate student many years ago, I got to spend time in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Life in the camp was challenging, but community bonds were strong...
View ArticleTo the People in Gaza and all of Palestine
To the people in Gaza and all of Palestine: we have no platitudes, no pity, no piety, no passivity; we pronounce instead our sadness and rage. To the people in Gaza and all of Palestine: we vow...
View ArticleGenocide Joe and the Electoralists
What do you do with a genocidaire? Demand his resignation? Put him on trial? Drag him through the streets? If you’re American, apparently you make him president. Such is the new (but same old)...
View ArticleHamas is a Figment of Your Imagination
Yes, it’s true. Hamas is a figment of your imagination. I understand that your impulse is to ask about decapitated babies and mass rape and bearded men hiding in the treetops, but it will do no...
View ArticleScrolling Through Genocide
Not so long ago there was a common theory to which I subscribed: that in an era of mass media and instant streaming the Zionist entity is unable to fully displace or wantonly slaughter Palestinians...
View ArticleSo You’re a Professor? Here’s What You Can Do to Oppose Genocide
College instructors, particularly those in Europe and North America, are generally limited when it comes to meaningful intervention in imperialist horrors afflicting the Global South. Nevertheless,...
View ArticleArab Americans Won’t Be Shamed into Voting for Joe Biden
I grew up in the Arab American community. I have a large extended family who claim the identity (along with my nuclear family). I know the community well, both personally and sociologically, and...
View ArticleThe Customs of Obedience in Academe
I once had an acquaintance who nearly rose to the level of friend. Before forming a personal relationship, we had known of each other for many years and had even met on one occasion, quite by chance,...
View ArticleMy Worst Career Move: An Excerpt from “An Honest Living”
What follows is an excerpt from my new book, An Honest Living: A Memoir of Peculiar Itineraries. Told primarily from behind the wheel of a school bus—a vantage point from which I explore social...
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