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Tahrir Hamdi, "Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

2025/3/14
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Tahir Hamdi: 我的大部分工作都围绕着巴勒斯坦、反殖民斗争和反殖民理论展开。我的家庭背景也深深影响了我的写作，尤其是我的父亲，他是阿拉伯民族主义运动的创始人之一，致力于解放巴勒斯坦。我从小在芝加哥长大，但巴勒斯坦一直是我生活的一部分，甚至我的名字‘Tahrir’在阿拉伯语中意味着‘解放’。这本书《Imagining Palestine》是我对巴勒斯坦的多学科研究，涵盖了历史、政治、理论、文学、歌曲、舞蹈等多个领域。我通过与许多思想家和知识分子的访谈，探讨了如何通过想象来构建巴勒斯坦的未来。 Brian Ska: Tahir Hamdi是阿拉伯开放大学的教授，专注于后殖民文学和去殖民研究。她的新书《Imagining Palestine》探讨了巴勒斯坦知识分子、艺术家和普通公民如何通过文学、艺术和行动来想象他们的家园。这本书不仅是对巴勒斯坦的研究，也是对抵抗和解放的深刻思考。

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Tahrir Hamdi, a professor of postcolonial literature, discusses her background and the motivations behind her book 'Imagining Palestine'. She explores personal influences and the historical contexts that shaped her work.
  • Tahrir Hamdi is a professor at the Arab Open University in Jordan.
  • Her book 'Imagining Palestine' was published by Bloomsbury in 2022.
  • The book was inspired by her personal and family history related to Palestine.
  • The title 'Imagining Palestine' was always intended, with the subtitle suggested by the publisher.
  • Hamdi sought to create a multidisciplinary work, incorporating history, politics, theory, and the arts.

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Tahrir Hamdi is a Professor of Resistance Literature at the Arab Open University in Jordan. She is the author of the award-winning Imagining Palestine and serves as an assistant editor of Arab Studies Quarterly.

National identities are inherently fluid, shaped as much by collective beliefs and cultural practices as by official borders and territory. For Palestinians, whose national status remains contested, the articulation and imagination of national identity take on particular urgency. Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity )(Bloomsbury, 2022) examines how Palestinian intellectuals, artists, activists, and ordinary citizens envision their homeland, engaging with the works of key figures such as Edward Said, Ghassan Kanafani, Naji al-Ali, Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Radwa Ashour, Suheir Hammad, and Susan Abulhawa.

Drawing on decolonial and resistance concepts—particularly Palestinian sumud—Hamdi argues that the imaginative construction of Palestine is central to the Palestinian struggle. This interdisciplinary study, rooted in critical theory, postcolonial and decolonial studies, and literary analysis, offers valuable insights for students and scholars of Palestine, Middle East studies, and Arabic literature.

Imagining Palestine received the Counter Current Award at the 2023 Palestine Book Awards.

Bryant Scott is a professor of English and film studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Texas A&M University at Qatar.

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