Juliane Hammer: 2 books
Palestinians Born in Exile
Diaspora and the Search for a Homeland
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
In the decade following the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, some 100,000 diasporic Palestinians returned to the West Bank and Gaza. Among them were children and young adults who were born in exile and whose sense of Palestinian identity was shaped not by lived experience but rather through the transmission...
American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism
More Than a Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Following the events of September 11, 2001, American Muslims found themselves under unprecedented scrutiny. Muslim communities in the United States suffered from negative representations of their religion, but they also experienced increased interest in aspects of their faith and cultures. They seized...