Palestinian Identity in Relation to Time and Space

Book excerpt: The development of the Palestinian Identity has been the focus of manystudies and conferences. However, all of the studies so far concentrateon the emergence of this identity in the last hundred years. Althoughseveral papers in this book still have dealt with the development of thePalestinian Identity in late Ottoman and early British Mandate Palestine,another focus of the event was however on analyzing the understandingof the Palestinian Identity in relation to the biblical story, history andarcheology and how this understanding has been reflected in poetryand the art. The self-Understanding of the Palestinians of themselves inrelation to time and space and their relationship to other marginalizedgroups is a question of high political and social relevance.The participation of scholars from different parts of the world in theevent did not only bring an international scope, persuasions and perspectives,but helped fostering an ecumenical, interdisciplinary, multi-ethnicand multi-cultural environ, dialogues and philosophy.Contributing ScholarsBader, Liana