A writer, a vision, a journey: a conversation with Professor Ilan Pappe
Venue: Arab World Books Online
Date: March 15, 2025
This event took place on 15 March, 2025 . You may now watch it here:
We are delighted to feature Professor Ilan Pappe in this event. Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, and Ten Myths about Israel.
The discussion will be conducted in English and moderated by Egyptian novelist and former ambassador to the United States Mohamed Tawfik.
Through this series of in depth conversations with Arab and international authors, arabworldbooks.com aims to explore the vision, motivation, process, and of course, the outcomes of a writer's journey. These conversations will, hopefully, shed some light on the values and experiences that are common to writers and readers across the world, while taking into account their respective idiosyncrasies and cultural specificities.
Read more about Professor Ilan Pappe, his books and writing on his page.
You can watch our previous episodes @ArabWorldBooks
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an upcoming book by Ilan Pappe in September 2025
https://www.arabworldbooks.com/en/books/israel-on-the-brink-and-the-eight-revolutions-that-could-lead-to-decolonization-and-coexistence
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07:28:36 From isabelshehu : Professor Pappé, some argue Ariel Sharon's 2005 disengagement plan, which withdrew Israeli settlers and military forces from Gaza, was designed to create a power vacuum, weakening the Palestinian Authority and triggering instability. Do you believe this was an intentional strategy to cause Gaza’s collapse, or as a tactical step to reshape Israeli control in the region?
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