Today the Journal of Palestine Studies published my article about life of the fisherfolk in Gaza before the gen0cide. I had no idea at the time how important documenting their lifestyle, their lives, culture and history would be…
The article explores the fishery sector and the lives of the fisherfolk of the Gaza Strip before the genocide, examining their rich culture and organization, as well as the barriers they faced in maintaining their livelihoods and their ways of life. Relying on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the al-Shati refugee camp of Gaza City between 2019 and 2021, the author demonstrates that for decades before the genocide, fisherfolk’s struggle to remain at sea and maintain their lifestyles and traditions constituted a form of everyday resistance against Israeli oppression—a variation of sumud. The firsthand accounts of fishermen and women not only provide insights into a topic that has hitherto received little scholarly attention, but also contribute to documenting and preserving Palestinian lifestyles and traditions on the brink of erasure.
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SQ95CIHR84VHMNZJJIN9/full?target=10.1080/0377919X.2025.2567854