Palestine sine tempore?. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hawari, Yara
• Is Part Of: Rethinking history. Volume 22:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 165
• Page End: 183
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Memory -- nostalgia -- settler colonialism -- Indigeneity -- Nakba -- temporality -- commemoration; Historiography -- Periodicals; History -- Periodicals; 905
• DOI: 10.1080/13642529.2018.1451075
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-2529

Abstract

Abstract: The 1948 Nakba marked a rupture in Palestinian time and has since become a 'demarcation line'- acting as a reference point for all other events in the Palestinian narrative. Yet, it is not an event relegated to 70 years ago. Rather the ongoing nature of the settler colonial invasion has left Palestinians in a state of continuous Nakba. This continuous state is manifested through the Zionist regime's relentless attempt to conquer both Palestinian space and time. As with settler colonial regimes world over, this endeavor is one that seeks absolute dominance over the indigenous peoples. In the face of this, however, indigenous people also world over continue to resist elimination through steadfastness and a multitude of creative practices. This article specifically examines resistance to Israeli settler colonial attempts to conquer Palestinian time and space through remembering. Particularly, it highlights the use of memories and cross-generational collective narratives as a form of Indigenous resistance and shows their potential for transcending the spatial and temporal limitations imposed on them.