TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holt,Maria
TI  - Women and conflict in the Middle East: Palestinian refugees and the response to violence 
T2  - Library of Modern Middle East studies
SN  - 1780761015 (pbk.) :
AV  - HQ1728.7 .H65 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Women, Palestinian Arab
KW  - West Bank
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Lebanon
KW  - Refugees, Palestinian Arab
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Violence against
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-276), notes and index
N2  - Women in conflict zones face a wide range of violence: from physical and psychological trauma to political, economic and social disadvantage. And the sources of the violence are varied also: from the 'public' violence of the enemy to the more 'private' violence of the family. Here, Maria Holt, using research gathered in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and in the West Bank in 2007, looks at the forms of violence suffered by women in the context of the wider conflict around them. Drawing on first-hand accounts of women who have either participated in, been victims of or bystanders to violence, this book highlights the complex situation of these refugees, and explores how many of them become involved in resistance activities. It thus makes essential reading for students of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as those interested in the gender dimension of conflict
ER  -