Palestinian Memes: Between Resistance and Maintaining the Status Quo
Memes are part of an online space for Palestinians to reclaim the right to act apolitically at their own discretion, choosing when and how to inject politics into their lives.
by Anya Evans
For many scholars, in Palestine, the internet is key for mobilization and resistance (see the work of anthropologist Miriyam Auoragh, Palestinian scholar Makram Khoury-Machool, and journalism professor Sanjay Asthana). As the argument goes, the internet connects diaspora Palestinians, expelled after 1948, with those still living under Israe…
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