متون
Volume 19, Numéro 2, Pages 25-34
2026-06-30
“ Memory, Identity, And Urban Heritage In Jerusalem: A Book Review Of Al-quds Wa Al-bint Shalabiyya (jerusalem And The Shalabiyya Girl By Aida Ali Najjar ”
Authors : Abu Nimeh Abir .
Abstract
Abstract This study aims to examine Al-Quds wa al-Bint al-Shalabiyya written by Aida Ali Najjar. This is actually and critically a seminal work documenting both cultural as well as social life in Jerusalem before 1948. Through oral narratives, personal observations, and archival records, Aida Najjar reconstructs urban memory. She highly paid a great attention to women’s roles in daily life situations. This book review, which is guided by qualitative evaluative approach, thoroughly evaluates the thematic ideas and focus, methodological method along with contribution to local studies in Palestine. This book obviously promotes methodological questions about certain historical memory reliability as a source in spite of it presents valuable and rich insight into the social fabric of Jerusalem, the sacred city. The study clearly situates the work within more broader scholarship regarding Palestinian identity. Additionally, cultural heritage and gendered memory were highlighted through shedding light on its value for scholars in Middle Eastern social history and literature which concerns with memory studies.
Keywords
Jerusalem ; Palestinian cultural memory ; Middle Eastern cultural studies ; Narrative identity, ; Urban heritage ; Women’s history ; Palestinian literature
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