Palestine's Rebel Republic (1936-1939): A Talk by Bassam Abun-Nadi

AUGUST 21, 6:30 PM

SRYC 5280 | SFU SURREY CAMPUS

On August 21, CCMS hosted Bassam Abun-Nadi for a lecture entitled "Palestine's Rebel Republic (1936-1939)." The Great Revolt of Palestine (1936-1939) stands as the greatest challenge to British imperial rule in the interwar period. This lecture told a story of how the peasants of the Palestinian countryside, in partnership with urban radicals, overcame insurmountable obstacles in their struggle to drive out the British Empire from their land. While most accounts of the revolt place it as a stop on the Palestinian people's linear march toward the Nakba, this talk instead focused on the innovative modes of resistance that the revolutionaries deployed in their struggle for liberation.

Bassam Abun-Nadi is an educator, researcher, and community activist with nearly a decade of experience creating and delivering learning content. He has a B.A in Political Science from SFU and completed his MEd at UBC where he specialized in the impact of globalization upon education reforms in the Middle East. He is also the host of the podcast PreOccupation: A Not-So-Brief History of Palestine. The podcast is a deep dive into the social, economic, and political histories of Palestine (and the post-Ottoman mashriq as a whole).

This event was co-sponsored by the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, SFU Labour Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, and the School of Communications.