IDEV 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bethlehem University, Moral Panic, First Intifada
7 Jul 2019
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Reading reflection: militarization and violence against women in conflict zones in the middle. The author is a palestinian women who taught at bethlehem university for 10 years, worked to create the first hotline for women to report sexual abuse, and was involved in many. The first chapter of this book is an overview of the struggles women face in politically conflicted and war zones. The author shares stories from palestinian women and their experiences with violence, sexual abuse, inequality and activism. The purpose of this book is to include the voices of a wide range palestinian women who have experienced living under violent military occupation. Kevorkian provides a summary of the biggest refugee crisis in modern history and the. She states it began with us and british influences and promises of jewish peoples having a home in palestine after wwii. Thousands of palestinians were massacred, villages destroyed and almost a million exiled due to jewish colonial movement.
