Refugee Misconceptions and Exceptionalism

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Refugee camps primarily house those struggling for a subsistence living, not the rich or urban middle/upper classes. The belief that all Palestinian refugees reside in camps is incorrect; refugees are individuals who lost their country and are unable to return, like a Palestinian university professor living in the US. There's a push to create exceptionalism around Palestine, challenging the notion of passing on refugee status, which is not applied universally.

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the NINTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment covers the creation of a Palestinian national liberation movement throughout the 1950s by a people dispersed by the Nakba: organizations, alliances, and theories of change assembled in the universities, cities, and refugee camps surrounding Palestine. We end with the 1959 foundation of Fatah, the first organization for Palestinians led by Palestinians focused first and foremost on Palestinian liberation. This is the story of the beginning of the Palestinian national liberation movement as we have come to know it today. Buy How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment at haymarketbooks.org Buy States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization at Versobooks.com Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our newsletter and vast archives at thedigradio.com Spread the word about Thawra thedigradio.com/Thawra