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Al-Araby
“The prisoners’ movement has demonstrated a synergy over time with the broader Palestinian national movement, sometimes influencing the outside political struggle, and sometimes being influenced by external factors.” Julie M. Norman’s succinct observation in the introduction of her book, The Palestinian Prisoners Movement: Resistance and Disobedience, (Routledge, 2021) traces the centrality of the Palestinian prisoners’ resistance through meticulous research based on oral historical narratives and archival literature from the public library in Nablus. Referencing prison-based resistance other …