Ahmad Amara
Biographic Data
| ID | 4606429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmad Amara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmad |
| FAMILY NAME | Amara |
| SIGNATURE | AMARA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-7682-9759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Legalized colonial displacement: Palestinians in Silwan, Jerusalem
The paper extends the study of urban displacement by exploring in depth the colonial settings of Palestinians in Silwan, East Jerusalem. The case highlights the legal geography of a multi-communal open city transformed into a space dominated by ethno-national settlement and a 'neo-apartheid' regime. The analysis traces how Jewish organizations reclaim pre-1948 Jewish properties, relying on manipulative interpretation of the Ottoman Land Code, and…
The Possession of History and the Dispossession of Silwan’s Palestinians
Since 1967, the slogan “restoring Jerusalem to its Jewish glory” has served as a rallying cry for the further colonization of the occupied eastern part of the city by the Israeli government and settler organizations alike. Jewish settlement in Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods invokes moral claims to Jewish sovereignty based on biblical history and material claims to pre-1948 properties of Jews in these neighborhoods. This essay examines Jewi…
The Bedouin Communities of Eastern Jerusalem: A New Locus of Power in the Post-Oslo Battle for Palestine
Cet article analyse la position précaire des communautés bédouines palestiniennes de Jérusalem-Est dans le contexte géopolitique et juridique postérieur à la signature des accords d’Oslo. La vulnérabilité de ces populations et la situation humanitaire précaire dans laquelle elles se trouvent résultent d’une politique israélienne continue de déplacement forcé de ces populations résidant dans des zones prévues à l’expansion des colonies et à l’anne…
The Bedouin communities of Eastern Jerusalem: A new locus of power in the post-Oslo battle for Palestine
Emptied Lands: A Legal Geography of Bedouin Rights in the Negev
It is commonly claimed by Israeli authorities that Bedouins are trespassers who never acquired property or settlement rights in southern Israel/Palestine. This led to massive dispossession of Bedouins. This book sets to examine state claims by providing, for the first time, a thorough analysis of the legal geography of the Negev. It adopts critical scholarly perspectives, drawing on multidisciplinary sources from geography, law, history and the s…
Civilizational Exceptions: Ottoman Law and Governance in Late Ottoman Palestine
This article examines the Ottoman extension of rule and jurisdiction to the Beersheba frontier of southern Palestine. As part of its Tanzimat reform policies, the Ottoman administration founded the new town and sub-district of Beersheba in 1900, and sought to implement a legal reform. Deviating from the formal law that requires the founding of a civil-nizamiye court, the Ottoman instituted a form of legal exception and authorized the local admini…
Beyond Stereotypes of Bedouins as ‘Nomads’ and ‘Savages’: Rethinking the Bedouin in Ottoman Southern Palestine, 1875–1900
This article explores and contests dominant representations of the Bedouin in Historic southern Palestine as nomads and savages, through the study of inter-Bedouin land conflicts in the second half of the nineteenth century. By studying the late Ottoman period, the author seeks to examine Bedouin-State interactions surrounding the question of territoriality and space-making, as well as the long-standing impact of the Ottoman heritage in southern …
Unsettling Settlements: Law, Land, and Planning in the Naqab
Indigenous (In)Justice: Human Rights Law and Bedouin Arabs in the Naqab/Negev
The Negev Land Question: Between Denial and Recognition
This article explores the legal issues and policies surrounding Bedouin land ownership and dispossession in the Negev. By tracing the colonial legal trajectory-from Ottoman to British and finally, to the current Israeli adoption and development of legal doctrines-the author exposes an intricate manipulation of historical legal policies being used to further displace tens of thousands of Bedouin Arabs living in the Negev today. This displacement i…
The Negev Land Question: Between Denial and Recognition
This article explores the legal issues and policies surrounding Bedouin land ownership and dispossession in the Negev. By tracing the colonial legal trajectory-from Ottoman to British and finally, to the current Israeli adoption and development of legal doctrines-the author exposes an intricate manipulation of historical legal policies being used to further displace tens of thousands of Bedouin Arabs living in the Negev today. This displacement i…
Civilizational Exceptions: Ottoman Law and Governance in Late Ottoman Palestine
This article examines the Ottoman extension of rule and jurisdiction to the Beersheba frontier of southern Palestine. As part of its Tanzimat reform policies, the Ottoman administration founded the new town and sub-district of Beersheba in 1900, and sought to implement a legal reform. Deviating from the formal law that requires the founding of a civil-nizamiye court, the Ottoman instituted a form of legal exception and authorized the local admini…
The Possession of History and the Dispossession of Silwan’s Palestinians
Since 1967, the slogan “restoring Jerusalem to its Jewish glory” has served as a rallying cry for the further colonization of the occupied eastern part of the city by the Israeli government and settler organizations alike. Jewish settlement in Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods invokes moral claims to Jewish sovereignty based on biblical history and material claims to pre-1948 properties of Jews in these neighborhoods. This essay examines Jewi…
The Bedouin Communities of Eastern Jerusalem: A New Locus of Power in the Post-Oslo Battle for Palestine
Cet article analyse la position précaire des communautés bédouines palestiniennes de Jérusalem-Est dans le contexte géopolitique et juridique postérieur à la signature des accords d’Oslo. La vulnérabilité de ces populations et la situation humanitaire précaire dans laquelle elles se trouvent résultent d’une politique israélienne continue de déplacement forcé de ces populations résidant dans des zones prévues à l’expansion des colonies et à l’anne…
Unsettling Settlements: Law, Land, and Planning in the Naqab
Indigenous (In)Justice: Human Rights Law and Bedouin Arabs in the Naqab/Negev
The Negev Land Question: Between Denial and Recognition
This article explores the legal issues and policies surrounding Bedouin land ownership and dispossession in the Negev. By tracing the colonial legal trajectory-from Ottoman to British and finally, to the current Israeli adoption and development of legal doctrines-the author exposes an intricate manipulation of historical legal policies being used to further displace tens of thousands of Bedouin Arabs living in the Negev today. This displacement i…
Beyond Stereotypes of Bedouins as ‘Nomads’ and ‘Savages’: Rethinking the Bedouin in Ottoman Southern Palestine, 1875–1900
This article explores and contests dominant representations of the Bedouin in Historic southern Palestine as nomads and savages, through the study of inter-Bedouin land conflicts in the second half of the nineteenth century. By studying the late Ottoman period, the author seeks to examine Bedouin-State interactions surrounding the question of territoriality and space-making, as well as the long-standing impact of the Ottoman heritage in southern …
Emptied Lands: A Legal Geography of Bedouin Rights in the Negev
It is commonly claimed by Israeli authorities that Bedouins are trespassers who never acquired property or settlement rights in southern Israel/Palestine. This led to massive dispossession of Bedouins. This book sets to examine state claims by providing, for the first time, a thorough analysis of the legal geography of the Negev. It adopts critical scholarly perspectives, drawing on multidisciplinary sources from geography, law, history and the s…
Civilizational Exceptions: Ottoman Law and Governance in Late Ottoman Palestine
This article examines the Ottoman extension of rule and jurisdiction to the Beersheba frontier of southern Palestine. As part of its Tanzimat reform policies, the Ottoman administration founded the new town and sub-district of Beersheba in 1900, and sought to implement a legal reform. Deviating from the formal law that requires the founding of a civil-nizamiye court, the Ottoman instituted a form of legal exception and authorized the local admini…
The Bedouin Communities of Eastern Jerusalem: A New Locus of Power in the Post-Oslo Battle for Palestine
Cet article analyse la position précaire des communautés bédouines palestiniennes de Jérusalem-Est dans le contexte géopolitique et juridique postérieur à la signature des accords d’Oslo. La vulnérabilité de ces populations et la situation humanitaire précaire dans laquelle elles se trouvent résultent d’une politique israélienne continue de déplacement forcé de ces populations résidant dans des zones prévues à l’expansion des colonies et à l’anne…
The Bedouin communities of Eastern Jerusalem: A new locus of power in the post-Oslo battle for Palestine
The Possession of History and the Dispossession of Silwan’s Palestinians
Since 1967, the slogan “restoring Jerusalem to its Jewish glory” has served as a rallying cry for the further colonization of the occupied eastern part of the city by the Israeli government and settler organizations alike. Jewish settlement in Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods invokes moral claims to Jewish sovereignty based on biblical history and material claims to pre-1948 properties of Jews in these neighborhoods. This essay examines Jewi…
Legalized colonial displacement: Palestinians in Silwan, Jerusalem
The paper extends the study of urban displacement by exploring in depth the colonial settings of Palestinians in Silwan, East Jerusalem. The case highlights the legal geography of a multi-communal open city transformed into a space dominated by ethno-national settlement and a 'neo-apartheid' regime. The analysis traces how Jewish organizations reclaim pre-1948 Jewish properties, relying on manipulative interpretation of the Ottoman Land Code, and…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works)