The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine

by Salim Tamari

This rich history of Palestine in the last decade of the Ottoman Empire reveals the nation emerging as a cultural entity engaged in a vibrant intellectual, political, and social exchange of ideas and initiatives. Employing nuanced ethnography, rare autobiographies, and unpublished maps and photos, The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine discerns a self-consciously modern and secular Palestinian public sphere. New urban sensibilities, schools, monuments, public parks, railways, and roads catalyzed by the Great War and described in detail by Salim Tamari show a world that challenges the politically driven denial of the existence of Palestine as a geographic, cultural, political, and economic space.

Genres: History, Middle East, Nonfiction

218 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 2017

Reviews

[Owlseyes]

Donald Trump’s Generous Offer on Jerusalem
By Salim Tamari, author of The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine
in:

https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/33787/do...

[Luqdah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the fact that the early Zionist did not accept the myth “Of A Land without A People.” Ben-Gurion stated in an article published in 1918:

"Palestine is not an empty country . . . on no account must we injure the rights of the inhabitants."

Salim Tamari provides ample evidence that a rich vibrate culture was present in “Filistin” prior to the Sykes–Picot Agreement.