Israel & Palestine / Jewish Studies

A History of Literacy, Learning and Educational Revolutions

Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK In this magisterial cultural history of the Palestinians, the renowned expert (and author of Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History), Nur Masalha, illuminates the entire history of Palestinian learning with specific reference to writing, learning, literary production and educational revolutions in the country. The book introduces the long intellectual and cultural heritage of the country to demonstrate that Palestine was not just a ‘holy land’ for the monotheistic religions. Rather, the country evolved incrementally to become a major international site of classical education and knowledge production with ground-breaking scholarship, historic schools, colleges, famous international libraries and archival centres.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 368 pages • 5 b&w images PB 9780755642953 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9780755642946 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9780755642984 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9780755642960 • £26.09 / $35.17 I.B. Tauris

Palestinian Youth Activism in the Internet Age

Online and Offline Social Networks after the Arab Spring

Albana S. Dwonch

Drawing on extensive fieldwork composed of interviews with leading Palestinian activists in the West Bank and Gaza as well as detailed analysis of social media patterns, this book offers a fresh reading of Palestinian youth and their central online and offline role in popular protests against both Israeli and Palestinian power structures. The author focuses on the 15 March movement in Gaza, the Palestinians for Dignity movement in the West Bank, and the Prawer movement of young Palestinians in Israel.

UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 224 pages PB 9780755643769 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781838600631 ePub 9781838600662 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781838600648 • £81.00 / $106.83 Series: SOAS Palestine Studies • I.B. Tauris

The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt

The History and Provenance of a Jewish Archive

Rebecca J. W. Jefferson, University of Florida, USA The “discovery” of the Cairo Genizah has transformed Judaic Studies and our understanding of the Medieval Middle East more broadly. However, the complete story of how over a quarter of a million Hebrew manuscript fragments were discovered in 19th century Egypt and reassembled in collections around the world is far more convoluted and compelling than previously told. Based on a wealth of archival materials, this book reveals the little-known, forgotten or ignored cast of scholars, librarians, archaeologists, excavators, collectors, dealers and agents, who, all acting with varying motivations and intentions, utilized hidden networks and created alliances to find, disperse and redistribute these remarkable materials.

UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781788319645 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781788319638 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781788319652 • £17.99 / $23.44 ePdf 9781788319669 • £17.99 / $23.44 I.B. Tauris The Politics of Education and Knowledge in the West

Seyed Hadi Borhani, University of Tehran, Iran In this book, Seyed Hadi Borhani has identified the most adopted textbooks on the history of the Israel/ Palestine question in order to understand how the Israel-Palestine conflict is narrated in Western academia. Based on analysis of around 40 of the most important and widely used textbooks that enjoy the highest rate of adoption in western universities, he draws conclusions about pro-Israeli bias in the West and what this can tell us about the nature of western knowledge.

UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 224 pages HB 9781350233089 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350233102 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350233096 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Unsettling Colonialism • I.B. Tauris

The Israeli Peace Movement

Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al-Aqsa Intifada

Leonie Fleischmann, City, University of London, UK The Israeli peace movement has been in decline since the 2000s. In particular, the liberal Zionist groups, who call for peace for the sake of the security and continuity of Israel, have become paralysed and almost voiceless since the second Intifada. However, despite the stagnation around the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, this book argues that other important groups have emerged that present new ways to challenge the status quo. The book explores these radical groups that act in solidarity with the Palestinians and human rights organisations and whose aim is to reveal the realities of the occupation and hold the government to account.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 248 pages PB 9780755643707 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781838600976 ePub 9781838600983 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781838600990 • £81.00 / $106.83 I.B. Tauris