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Birzeit students hold solidarity event with Black struggle in US

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on December 18, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Nearly 100 students at Birzeit University in the central West Bank on Wednesday took part in a

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Bethlehem filled with hope as Christmas season approaches

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on December 3, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Bethlehem of today is a far cry from the little village of Jesus’ era, and the historic

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Palestinian students tour US, building solidarity with local movements

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on November 27, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — 10 Palestinian students returned to the West Bank this week from a tour of more than 40 colleges

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In Hebron, Palestinian women face down daily settler home invasions

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on November 26, 2014. By: Alex Shams and Salam Muharam This is the second part in a series about the lives of Palestinian women

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Israeli harassment curtails access to education for Hebron girls

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on November 19, 2014. By: Alex Shams and Salam Muharam This is the first part in a series about the lives of Palestinian women

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Thousands march in Bethlehem to mark Independence Day

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on November 15, 2014. Thousands marched in the streets of Bethlehem on Saturday to mark Palestinian Independence Day and the 10th anniversary of Palestinian

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Nablus conference imagines life in ‘glocal’ Palestine

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on October 5, 2014. The Palestinian experience of mobility has long been defined by seemingly irreconcilable contradictions.A global community of millions is increasingly well-connected

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The Politics of Boycotting Israel while Fighting Sanctions on Iran

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Jadaliyya on October 3, 2014. By: Alex Shams and Ali Abdi As the bombs rained down on Gaza this summer, we were reminded yet again of the

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Palestinian Shared Worlds of Meaning, between George and Reuben

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on September 29, 2014. Ajam Media Collective recently worked with THE STATE, a Dubai-based publishing practice, to make a ‘zine. We provided the words and

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Has Oslo made West Bank boycott of Israel impossible?

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on September 6, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Since the beginning of the Israeli assault on Gaza, a flurry of popular campaigns have emerged across

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Born and raised in an Iranian-American family in Los Angeles, Alex Shams has long been fascinated by the stories that places can tell us. Growing up, he learned Persian and Spanish; in college, he learned Arabic and studied abroad at the American University of Cairo before moving to Beirut after graduation. After receiving his master’s in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard, he moved to Bethlehem, Palestine, where he was a journalist at Ma’an News Agency, the largest independent Palestinian news organization. He received his PhD. from the University of Chicago in Sociocultural Anthropology. His dissertation, entitled “Constructing Islamic Modernity: Power, Religion, and Masculinity in Post-Revolutionary Iran,” was based on three years of ethnographic research in Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan as well as archival research in the British Library and Ba’ath Party Archives.

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