Lisa Suhair Majaj
Biographic Data
| ID | 1479207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa Suhair Majaj |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa Suhair |
| FAMILY NAME | Majaj |
| SIGNATURE | MAJAJ L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Crossings
This essay explores Gaza, Gazan writing, and writing about Gaza through the framework of crossings and the denial of crossings, with particular focus on the poetry of witness as an act of border crossing. By attending to Elaine Scarry’s concept of language as a form of self-extension and agency, a way to move beyond the boundaries of the self and speak to, and change, both self and world, and to Carolyn Forché’s exploration of the poetry of witne…
A Response to Mohja Kahf
This response, written from a Palestinian American perspective, takes seriously Mohja Kahf’s call to hold ourselves responsible for making visible Indigenous realities instead of eliding them; for recognizing implicit, even if unwilled, complicity; and for thinking and acting decolonially. Bringing attention to the contradictions inherent in the political and personal stances of Arab Americans who critique settler colonialism in Palestine but fai…
On Writing and Return
This article situates the Palestinian right of return within the context of Palestinian-American literary reflections and the intersection of women’s and human rights. Providing a brief history of Palestinian dispossession and the struggle for return, it explores the multiple dimensions of “return” in the context of physical displacement, loss, cultural erasure, and diaspora negotiations of belonging and exile. Identifying return as both a right …
Going Global
Into the Wadi by Michele Drouart
Book Review| July 01 2006 Into the Wadi by Michele Drouart Into the Wadi, Drouart, Michele. Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2000 Lisa Suhair Majaj Lisa Suhair Majaj Nicosia, Cyprus Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2006) 2 (2): 137–139. https://doi.org/10.2979/MEW.2006.2.2.137 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Dat…
Interview with Nathalie Handal
Spirits of Palestine
Journeys to Jerusalem
Research Article| October 01 2003 Journeys to Jerusalem Lisa Suhair Majaj Lisa Suhair Majaj Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2003) 102 (4): 729–745. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-102-4-729 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citatio…
Testimony (a found poem)
Peace in the Making
On Writing and Return
This article situates the Palestinian right of return within the context of Palestinian-American literary reflections and the intersection of women’s and human rights. Providing a brief history of Palestinian dispossession and the struggle for return, it explores the multiple dimensions of “return” in the context of physical displacement, loss, cultural erasure, and diaspora negotiations of belonging and exile. Identifying return as both a right …
Testimony (a found poem)
Peace in the Making
Journeys to Jerusalem
Research Article| October 01 2003 Journeys to Jerusalem Lisa Suhair Majaj Lisa Suhair Majaj Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2003) 102 (4): 729–745. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-102-4-729 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citatio…
Into the Wadi by Michele Drouart
Book Review| July 01 2006 Into the Wadi by Michele Drouart Into the Wadi, Drouart, Michele. Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2000 Lisa Suhair Majaj Lisa Suhair Majaj Nicosia, Cyprus Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2006) 2 (2): 137–139. https://doi.org/10.2979/MEW.2006.2.2.137 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Dat…
Interview with Nathalie Handal
Spirits of Palestine
Going Global
On Writing and Return
This article situates the Palestinian right of return within the context of Palestinian-American literary reflections and the intersection of women’s and human rights. Providing a brief history of Palestinian dispossession and the struggle for return, it explores the multiple dimensions of “return” in the context of physical displacement, loss, cultural erasure, and diaspora negotiations of belonging and exile. Identifying return as both a right …
A Response to Mohja Kahf
This response, written from a Palestinian American perspective, takes seriously Mohja Kahf’s call to hold ourselves responsible for making visible Indigenous realities instead of eliding them; for recognizing implicit, even if unwilled, complicity; and for thinking and acting decolonially. Bringing attention to the contradictions inherent in the political and personal stances of Arab Americans who critique settler colonialism in Palestine but fai…
Crossings
This essay explores Gaza, Gazan writing, and writing about Gaza through the framework of crossings and the denial of crossings, with particular focus on the poetry of witness as an act of border crossing. By attending to Elaine Scarry’s concept of language as a form of self-extension and agency, a way to move beyond the boundaries of the self and speak to, and change, both self and world, and to Carolyn Forché’s exploration of the poetry of witne…
Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Library science (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Download (2 works)