{"product_id":"palestinian-rituals-of-identity-the-prophet-moses-festival-in-jerusalem-1850-1948-hardback-9781477326312","title":"Palestinian Rituals of Identity; The Prophet Moses Festival in Jerusalem, 1850-1948 (Hardback) 9781477326312","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePalestinian Rituals of Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Prophet Moses Festival in Jerusalem, 1850-1948\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAwad Halabi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477326312, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w photos, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTaken in its entirety, Halabi’s book artfully illuminates these tensions between family, village, town, region, and nation that have cut through the Nabi Musa celebrations since its inception. He has provided us with a valuable contribution to our understanding of modern Palestinian history, reminding us of the rich possibilities religious practice holds for the study of social and political change . . . Thanks to Halabi’s richly textured and thoroughly researched book, we can now incorporate these struggles into our own summations of Palestine’s modern story.\u003c\/div\u003e (Institute for Palestine Studies—Jerusalem Quarterly) \u003cdiv\u003eA meticulous and comprehensive study...an essential read.\u003c\/div\u003e (Bustan: The Middle East Book Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMembers of Palestine’s Muslim community have long honored al-Nabi Musa, or the Prophet Moses. Since the thirteenth century, they have celebrated at a shrine near Jericho believed to be the location of Moses’s tomb; in the mid-nineteenth century, they organized a civic festival in Jerusalem to honor this prophet. Considered one of the most important occasions for Muslim pilgrims in Palestine, the Prophet Moses festival yearly attracted thousands of people who assembled to pray, conduct mystical forms of worship, and hold folk celebrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalestinian Rituals of Identity\u003c\/i\u003e takes an innovative approach to the study of Palestine’s modern history by focusing on the Prophet Moses festival from the late Ottoman period through the era of British rule. Halabi explores how the festival served as an arena of competing discourses, with various social groups attempting to control its symbols. Tackling questions about modernity, colonialism, gender relations, and identity, Halabi recounts how peasants, Bedouins, rural women, and Sufis sought to influence the festival even as Ottoman authorities, British colonists, Muslim clerics, and Palestinian national leaders did the same. Drawing on extensive research in Arabic newspapers and Islamic and colonial archives, Halabi reveals how the festival has encapsulated Palestinians’ responses to modernity, colonialism, and the nation’s growing national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Traditional Ziyara\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. The Official Ceremonies in Fin-de-SiÈ\u003cbr\u003ecle Jerusalem, 1850–\u003cbr\u003e1917\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. British Colonialism Attends the Festival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Arab Elite Discourses at the Festival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Nationalist Youth Activity at the Festival to 1937\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Nonnational Inflections: The Participation of Non-Elite Groups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. The Festival’\u003cbr\u003es Denouement, 1938–\u003cbr\u003e1948\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: The Nabi Musa Festival after 1948\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523344134424,"sku":"9781477326312","price":37.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/palestinian-rituals-of-identity-the-prophet-moses-festival-in-jerusalem-1850-1948-hardback-9781477326312","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}