Both Citizens and Strangers in Post-1948 Israel | Shira Robinson

E273 | The Palestinian Arabs who remained within the borders of Israel after the 1948 war became citizens of the new state. But in those early years Arab villages lived under military rule that would last nearly two decades. In this episode, Shira Robinson discusses the research for her book Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel's Liberal Settler State, which examines the crucial and neglected experience of Palestinians in the early years after the founding of the state of Israel. In our conversation, we explore how the ideal of liberal democracy and the promise of equal citizenship were at odds with the project of the nation-state. More at http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2016/10/citizenship-israel.html Shira Robinson is the author of Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel’s Liberal Settler State. She teaches History and International Affairs at the George Washington University. Graham Auman Pitts holds a doctorate in history from Georgetown University's Department of History. His dissertation, "Fallow Fields: Famine and the Making of Lebanon," probes the intersections of ecology, capital, and colonialism in the modern Middle East. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University. CREDITS Episode No. 273 Release Date: 20 October 2016 Recording Location: Baltimore, MD Editing and production by Chris Gratien Sound excerpts: Harmandali - Recep Efendi, Cemal Efendi; Baglamamin Dugumu - Necmiye Ararat and Muzaffer; Egil Daglar Ustunden Asam - Viktoriya Hanim; Turnalar Turnalar - Darulelhan Heyeti Special thanks to Kara Güneş for allowing us to use the composition "Istanbul" in the outro music Images and bibliography courtesy of Shira Robinson available at http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2016/10/citizenship-israel.html