Anne Irfan is an expert on Palestinian refugee rights, the UN and UNRWA. She is a Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London (UCL). She has previously taught at the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, and the University of Sussex.
I invited her to talk about her latest book, A Short History of the Gaza Strip.
Topics include:
Gaza before the British Mandate for Palestine
Gaza under Egyptian control (1948-1967)
How Islamism became a central political force in Gaza
How Israel’s destruction of Gaza today is the culmination of their mutual history
How the culture of Gaza is distinct from other Palestinian regions
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