Gender week 6 Palestine

Palestinian Lit.

Palestinian Cinema
- Documentaries are artistic expressions of women and Palestinian struggle
- Women suppressed their their
Affected by the Occupation just like men in terms of employment, for example.
discuss post-traumatic stress
The Nakba The Catastrophe constantly reiterated in Palestinian films
- issue of displacement of refugees also depicted in film
- 1948 major displacement
Issues at checkpoints in film issues shared amongst men and women
Hind Husayni focused on the empowerment of women
Lemon Tree
- highlights the impact of the occupation vs Israeli security concerns
- Attatchment to land. Uprooting of Trees
- Palestinian livelyhoods dependant on Israeli policies
- Local community politics
- Patrmonial and patriarchal structure/relationships
Gaza & the Blockades
- Hamas rise to power in 2007 complete control of Gaza
- Israels blockades on Gaza makes life unbearable\
Women of Hamas
- organized and ran rallys and protests male body guards would protect
them during such rallys
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