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+ gaza, immigration, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Palestine, The History of Jerusalem, The Olive Tree

“If we must live we must rise:” Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity Through History in “The Olive Tree”

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Vincent Lemire, Christophe Gaultier, and Marie Galpoin frame The History Of Jerusalem: An Illustrated Story of 4,000 Years around the narration of “Zeitoun or Olivia, whichever you prefer,” a 4,000 year-old olive tree overlooking Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives. Zeitoun begins welcoming the reader to the history of Jerusalem by telling us, “Hello! Shalom! Salam!” By opening the narration in this manner, Zeitoun highlights the … Read More “If we must live we must rise:” Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity Through History in “The Olive Tree”

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+ Belfast, Jan Carson, Louise Kennedy, Northern Ireland, The Fire Starters, Trespasses

Reading Jan Carson’s “The Fire Starters” While in Belfast

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Whenever I travel, I always visit local bookstores. Even if I don’t purchase a book, I do this because I want to see what books they have available and I also want to see what books I may add to my to be read pile. During our study travel trip to Belfast, I must have walked into around fifteen bookstores, ranging from new books … Read More Reading Jan Carson’s “The Fire Starters” While in Belfast

+ Belfast, gaza, kneecap, Northern Ireland, Palestine

Two Nations, One Struggle: Irish and Palestinian Solidarity

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When preparing students for our trip to Belfast, I told them to pay close attention to the murals, graffiti, stickers, and the language that they would encounter during our walks through the cities. Specifically, I told them to pay particular attention to the ways that republicans present solidarity with global struggles around the world, specifically with the Palestinian struggle. So, before we even arrived … Read More Two Nations, One Struggle: Irish and Palestinian Solidarity

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+ Bayardo Pub Memorial, Belfast, language, Louise Kennedy, Northern Ireland, Trespasses

Language and the Crafting of Anger and Fear

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Throughout Louise Kennedy’s Trespasses, language plays an important role in the ways that it defines individuals and creates divisions even where similarities exist. During a session with Michel Agnew and his friends, Cushla teaches them Irish. One of Michael’s friends, Victor, goads Cushla into teaching him the Irish words that would denigrate her as a Catholic, Irish speaker. He tells her, “There are lots of … Read More Language and the Crafting of Anger and Fear

+ Belfast, gaza, hip hop, John Conroy, kneecap, Northern Ireland, Palestine, rap

The Ways that the Past Impacts the Present: Personas and Identity

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As I prepared to teach my study travel course on identity in Belfast and before I arrived, I had a preconceived notion, of course, about the places I would visit and what I would encounter. Most of these impressions, apart from the things that my daughter told me about her time in Belfast, came from either academics, novelists, or popular culture, music being a big part … Read More The Ways that the Past Impacts the Present: Personas and Identity

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