Perla Issa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3470235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Perla Issa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Perla |
| FAMILY NAME | Issa |
| SIGNATURE | ISSA P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions
1 2. "The Nest of the Crazy": The Ethnographic Setting 27 3. "We Drank the Jabha with Our Mothers' Milk": Joining Factions 51 4. "We Are the Factions": Political Faction Membership 71 5
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions is an ethnographic study of Palestinian political factions in Lebanon through an immersion in daily home life. Perla Issa asks how political factions remain the center of political life in the Palestinian camps in the face of mounting criticism. Through an examination of the daily, mundane practices of refugees in Nahr el-Bared camp in particular, this book shows how intimate, interpersonal, and kin…
Fracturing Communities
This article examines the practices of humanitarian aid distribution from the perspective of aid recipients rather than providers through an immersion in the daily home life of Palestinian residents of Nahr al-Barid refugee camp (north Lebanon) in 2011. It argues that in the name of distributing aid fairly, humanitarian aid providers put in place a pervasive system of surveillance to monitor, evaluate, and compare residents' misery levels by rely…
Rethinking Palestinian Political Factions
This article questions a dominant understanding of Palestinian political factions in the refugee camps of Lebanon, which defines them as bounded structures defined by their respective ideologies. By examining the everyday practices of Palestinian refugees vis-à-vis factions, the article demonstrates that Palestinians approached factions through personal encounters with family members, friends or neighbours, rather than on ideological bases. It hi…
Interview With Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta
In a wide-ranging and timely interview, the head of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Ghassan S. Abu Sitta, discusses his most recent trip to Gaza to help treat wounded protesters in what has become a war-like zone. Abu Sitta addresses the current state of Gaza's healthcare infrastructure, the types of injuries that he operated on, and the implications of the Great March of Ret…
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions is an ethnographic study of Palestinian political factions in Lebanon through an immersion in daily home life. Perla Issa asks how political factions remain the center of political life in the Palestinian camps in the face of mounting criticism. Through an examination of the daily, mundane practices of refugees in Nahr el-Bared camp in particular, this book shows how intimate, interpersonal, and kin…
Rethinking Palestinian Political Factions
This article questions a dominant understanding of Palestinian political factions in the refugee camps of Lebanon, which defines them as bounded structures defined by their respective ideologies. By examining the everyday practices of Palestinian refugees vis-à-vis factions, the article demonstrates that Palestinians approached factions through personal encounters with family members, friends or neighbours, rather than on ideological bases. It hi…
Rethinking Palestinian Political Factions
This article questions a dominant understanding of Palestinian political factions in the refugee camps of Lebanon, which defines them as bounded structures defined by their respective ideologies. By examining the everyday practices of Palestinian refugees vis-à-vis factions, the article demonstrates that Palestinians approached factions through personal encounters with family members, friends or neighbours, rather than on ideological bases. It hi…
Interview With Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta
In a wide-ranging and timely interview, the head of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Ghassan S. Abu Sitta, discusses his most recent trip to Gaza to help treat wounded protesters in what has become a war-like zone. Abu Sitta addresses the current state of Gaza's healthcare infrastructure, the types of injuries that he operated on, and the implications of the Great March of Ret…
Fracturing Communities
This article examines the practices of humanitarian aid distribution from the perspective of aid recipients rather than providers through an immersion in the daily home life of Palestinian residents of Nahr al-Barid refugee camp (north Lebanon) in 2011. It argues that in the name of distributing aid fairly, humanitarian aid providers put in place a pervasive system of surveillance to monitor, evaluate, and compare residents' misery levels by rely…
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions
1 2. "The Nest of the Crazy": The Ethnographic Setting 27 3. "We Drank the Jabha with Our Mothers' Milk": Joining Factions 51 4. "We Are the Factions": Political Faction Membership 71 5
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions is an ethnographic study of Palestinian political factions in Lebanon through an immersion in daily home life. Perla Issa asks how political factions remain the center of political life in the Palestinian camps in the face of mounting criticism. Through an examination of the daily, mundane practices of refugees in Nahr el-Bared camp in particular, this book shows how intimate, interpersonal, and kin…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)