January 22, 2017

Palestine Studies

Dec. 9-14 - Messick Research Trip

January 22, 2017

Palestine Studies

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Dec. 9-14 - Messick Research Trip

Following the Workshop, Messick took a brief research trip, which included the following stops:

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The Jerusalem Hotel

Sharīʿa Court, East Jerusalem

Katherine and Darryl in front

Sharīʿa Court, East Jerusalem

speaking with Judge Sarandaḥ

Sharīʿa Court, East Jerusalem

with the Court Clerk

Sharīʿa Court, Nazareth

building sign

Sharīʿa Court, Nazareth

speaking with the Clerk, Mrs. ʿAbbās

Residence in old Nazareth

On tour with journalist Jonathan Cook

Umm al-Hiran (Naqab)

guides Amjad Iraqi (Adalah) and Arnon Peleg (Negev Coexistence Forum) showing a map (see Postscript below)

Al-ʿAraqib (Naqab)

hearing from the shaykh

Al-ʿAraqib (Naqab)

posted historical property documents

Jerusalem

The Khalidiyya Library

Jerusalem

With Mahmoud Muna, Educational Bookshop

Bethlehem, portions of the Wall

Bethlehem, portions of the Wall

with Leila Khaled, an image last seen on the exterior wall of the Center for Arab Studies, Santiago, Chile

Hebron

al-Shuhadā’ Street, blocked

Hebron

going through the checkpoint

Hebron

with guide from Ecumenical Accompaniment Program for Palestine Israel

Haifa

Adalah Offices

Haifa

dinner with Adalah, Hassan Jabareen

ʿAkkā (Acre)

Ottoman medresa (school) connected with the mosque of Ahmad Pasha, known as "al-Jazzar" or the Butcher.

ʿAkkā

“Umm Ahmad is ṣāmida (steadfast)," - resisting dispossession

ʿAkkā

A notice, “We will not move out,” about her property right —resisting dispossession

Postscript: Successful appeal to the Israeli High Court to permit a burial in Umm Al-Hiran with Adalah lawyer Hassan Jabareen as lead attorney, Jan 23, 2017.

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