Women and Conflict in the Middle East Palestinian Refugees and the Response to Violence

by Holt, Maria

• ISBN13: 9781780761015
• ISBN10: 1780761015
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-01-23
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Women in conflict zones face a wide range of violence: from physical and psychological trauma to political, economic and social disadvantage. And the sources of the violence are varied also: from the 'public' violence of the enemy to the more 'private' violence of the family. Maria Holt uses her research gathered in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and in the West Bank to look at the forms of violence suffered by women in the context of the wider conflict around them. Drawing on first-hand accounts of women who have either participated in, been victims of or bystanders to violence, Women and Conflict in the Middle East highlights the complex situation of these refugees, and explores how many of them become involved in resistance activities. It thus makes essential reading for students of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as those interested in the gender dimension of conflict.

Author Biography

Maria Holt is Senior Lecturer in the Democracy and Islam Programme, part of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, London, UK. She is the co-author of Without Glory in Arabia: The British Retreat from Aden (I.B.Tauris).

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Palestine of our Imagination
1. The Intimate History of Violence
2. 'Violated Spaces': Palestinian Women and the Politics of Place
3. 'She Still Has the Key': The Multiple Violence of Exile
4. War and 'Uncivil Violence' in Lebanon
5. The Politics of Forgetting
Conclusion: Counter-narratives of Resistance