Decolonizing qualitative research through transformative community engagement: critical investigation of resilience with Palestinian refugees in the West Bank

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin G. Atallah ◽  
Ester R. Shapiro ◽  
Nidal Al-Azraq ◽  
Yaser Qaisi ◽  
Karen L. Suyemoto
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Critical Investigation

scholarly journals Palestinian Refugees: A Gendered Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-112
Author(s):  
Nof Nasser Eddin ◽  
Nof Nasser-Eddin
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
The West ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

This article argues that the situation of Palestinian refugees is still relevant till this day. There are around five million refugees living in neighbouring Arab countries, such as Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt, as well as neighbouring areas in Palestine itself, like the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under very precarious conditions. Their situation is extremely unstable as any changes in the region can influence them directly. The need to address this issue is particularly important because Palestinian refugees (as well as internally displaced Palestinians) have been both historically and politically marginalised. In particular, I will argue for a need to gender the debate around the Palestinian refugees, because the distinct experience of women Palestinian refugees has been overlooked within this context. Most literature has focused on the Palestinian refugees as a holistic population, which assumes all refugees share the same struggle. However, understanding the position of women within the context of the refugees and the unique struggles they face is essential to understanding their particular experiences as refugees and in highlighting their differential needs; this is why a feminist perspective is needed within the field of refugee studies. This article is based on a feminist journey drawing on research interviews with female Palestinian refugees in camps in Jordan, and with Syrian Palestinian women in Turkey, Jordan and Europe.

Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank : Backgrounds and Reality

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-24
Author(s):  
Awni Faris ◽  
Hassan Obaid
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Palestinian Refugees

Palestinian Refugee Visits to Their Former Homes

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-449
Author(s):  
Menachem Klein
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Private Citizens ◽  
Palestinian Refugee ◽  
Upper Middle Class

This article compares Palestinian refugees and exiles' written accounts of their visits to their places of origin in present-day Israel. The discussion is based on texts published by educated, upper-middle-class Palestinians living in the diaspora or in the West Bank, who made their visits as private citizens. After surveying the existing literature on refugee visits their homes in other post-conflict zones, the article discusses an aspect of Palestinian visits that previous studies have left untouched: the encounter between visitors and present occupants.

Is the right of return still desirable and sacred among Palestinian refugees?

2020 ◽  
pp. 136914812093378
Author(s):  
Sobhi Albadawi
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The Political ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
The West ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Political Position ◽  
Right Of Return ◽  
The Right

The right of return has been a fundamental claim by Palestinian people since 1948. The ‘right’ refers to the political position or principle that all generations of Palestinian refugees have the right to return to the property they or their forebears left behind during the 1948 Palestinian exodus, and following the 1967 Six-Day War. This study examines and updates Palestinian refugees’ views of the right of return claim, adopting a quantitative research design surveying 1200 participants from five refugee camps located in Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank. The study finds that even after 72 years of displacement, the right of return remains an active but changing political construct among surveyed Palestinians living in the West Bank. As such, future negotiations must consider the generational narratives and ensure that the right of return claim, resettlement, and compensation particularly are not treated as mutually exclusive in the delivery of a just solution to the displacement of Palestinian refugees.

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