In Education in East Jerusalem: Occupation, Political Power, and Struggle, Samira Alayan chronicles the nature of the political context within the Palestinian territories and Israel. She begins with a detailed historical narration of various levels of citizenship in- and outside the West Bank and Gaza Strip as it relates to Palestinian inhabitants. It is particularly important, as Alayan explains, to understand the development of the education system within one of the most controversial cities in the context of Israel and the Palestinian territories: Jerusalem. In East Jerusalem, inhabitants do not possess Israeli citizenship; rather, they have Jerusalem identification (ID) cards. Its status is not at the level of Israeli citizenship; however, it gives more rights to movement in the West Bank than that of a Palestinian with a Palestinian ID card or passport. Although given more rights than the...
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June 2020
Book Review|
June 16 2020
Review: Education in East Jerusalem: Occupation, Political Power, and Struggle, by Samira Alayan
Education in East Jerusalem: Occupation, Political Power, and Struggle
by Samira Alayan (Abingdon
: Routledge
, 2019
). 166 pp., US$155 (hbk), ISBN-13: 978-0815352372, US$28.98 (ebk), ISBN-10: 0815352379.
Lana Shehadeh
Lana Shehadeh
Email: lshehade@fiu.edu
Lana Shehadeh is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics & International Relations, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. Email: lshehade@fiu.edu
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Contemporary Arab Affairs (2020) 13 (2): 138–140.
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Lana Shehadeh; Review: Education in East Jerusalem: Occupation, Political Power, and Struggle, by Samira Alayan. Contemporary Arab Affairs 16 June 2020; 13 (2): 138–140. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/caa.2020.13.2.138
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