Diverse Diasporas, One Meta-Narrative
Palestinians in the UK Talking about 11 September 2001
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3615403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dina Matar (0000-0002-5309-9740, Yahoo (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1027-1040 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691830600761537 |
| OpenAlex | W1994709622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper considers the implications of 11 September 2001 and its mediation in UK and Arab/Muslim news media for the ways Palestinians in Britain, as an ethno-national minority and diaspora, think through questions of identity and difference, exclusion and inclusion, memory and belonging. Despite great differences in the socio-economic, religious/secular and educational backgrounds of my informants, one over-arching discourse dominates their interpretation of the attacks, as well as understandings of their causes and consequences—the historical and ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. This constitutes a meta-narrative and ethical-political framework through which mediations of September 11 are interpreted. This meta-narrative also happens to be the dominant ethical-political framework of Arab news media, Al-Jazeera especially. This article explores how an apparent consensus was formed between the Arab/Muslim media and its Palestinian diaspora audience about the root problem of conflicts between the Western and Arab/Muslim worlds. Tackling the root problem effectively through political action is also perceived to hold the key to a solution and to greater prospects of future security and peace
Aesthetics · Diaspora · Identity (music) · Inclusion (mineral) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Media studies · Mediation · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |