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Psychosocial concerns in a context of prolonged political oppression: Gaza mental health providers’ perceptions
Abstract In this qualitative exploratory study, we investigated the perspectives of mental health providers in Gaza, Palestine, regarding the primary concerns of their clients who are exposed to low-intensity warfare and structural violence. We conducted qualitative interviews with 30 psychologists,…
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Coping with trauma and adversity among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip: A qualitative, culture-informed analysis
Abstract In this article, we propose that coping is not only an individual property but also a structural feature. Coping shapes what is referred to in social network theory as multiplex networks, which are based on relations with multiple functions,…
Blog
A Palestinian Poet’s Perilous Journey out of Gaza ar
Following Hamas’s October 7th attack and Israel’s invasion, Mosab Abu Toha fled his home with his wife and three children. Then I.D.F. soldiers took him into custody.
Blog
In the face of genocide, the intifada must be globalised
On 7 November 2023, the death toll in Gaza surpassed 10,000 as the most brutal military assault in contemporary history continues to unfold. Now impossible to update following the collapse of services and communications in the north, this figure had…
Blog
Contextualising Gaza: Colonial violence and Occupation
“We are at war”, stated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recorded statement early on Saturday morning, and “we will win it”. While the unprecedented events of 7 October – constituting ‘the worst breach of Israel’s defences in 50…
Blog
Tectonic Shifts: A conversation with Darryl Li
IN THE WAKE of Hamas’s attack on Israel earlier this month, which led to the death of over one thousand Israelis, the U.S.-backed nuclear power has waged a campaign of brutal retribution. Since October 8, they have intensified the long-running…
Blog
Language Is a Powerful Weapon in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Facts require narratives in which to take root, but the terminology of the powerful too often trivializes war, dehumanizes those who suffer and erases the past.
Blog
Voices from Gaza
Since the beginning of this current, most vicious, Israeli war on the people of Gaza, family and friends, including members of our Insaniyyat community, have been anxiously trying to check on loved ones across Gaza.
Journal Article
The Anthropological Rise of Palestine
This article traces the rise of anthropological scholarship on Palestine and/or Palestinians from 2011 through the present, providing readers with a comprehensive bibliography of anthropological publications related to Palestine over that period.
Blog
War on Palestine
In this blog post, Cultural Antropology have gathered together articles on Palestine/Israel that have been published in the journal.
Blog
The attack on Gaza and the role of anthropologists
In the book Hollow Land, Eyal Weizman showed how leadership at IDF understood and modified the urban landscapes of occupied Palestinian territory in military interventions with a spatial lens drawn in part from social theory (Weizman 2007). Interviewees such as…
Report
Trapped: The impact of 15 years of blockade on the mental health of Gaza’s children
In the past decade and a half, children in Gaza have endured six life-threatening situations – five escalations in violence and a pandemic – as well as a life-limiting land, air and sea blockade imposed by the Government of Israel…