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New York University
History
New York
NY
United States
ABOUT
Nadim Bawalsa received his PhD in History and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies from New York University in 2017. His dissertation project, which is being revised for publication as a monograph, explores the migration of Palestinians to Latin America around the turn of the twentieth century. Specifically, he explores how this community developed into a distinct diaspora through its unique struggle to secure a right of return to Palestine following the promulgation, by British mandate authorities, of restrictive citizenship laws in 1925.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Colonialism
Middle East/Near East Studies
Historiography
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Palestine
The Levant
Specialties
Nationalism And Social History, Palestine
Biographical History, Palestine
Colonialism And Modernity, Levant
Languages
Arabic (native)
French (fluent)
Hebrew (elementary)
Education
MA
| 2010
| Arab Studies
| Georgetown University
BA
| 2007
| History
| College of William and Mary
Abstracts
The British in Palestine: Imaginings of Masculinity in Colonial Memoirs
Unpacking the Modern, National Self: The Diary of Khalil al-Sakakini
Identifying from Afar: Palestinian Emigrant Narratives before 1948
Palestinians in their First Diaspora: Emigration, Identification, and the New World Order (1920-1930)
Palestine West of the Andes: A History of the Formation of a Jaaliya
“Be Civilized but do not Imitate:” How Arabic-Speaking Migrants Brought the World to Interwar Latin America
