Preview

Mahmoud Darwish's Identity Card Analysis

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
354 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Mahmoud Darwish's Identity Card Analysis
Have you ever wondered how it would feel to not be welcome in your own country, or to be exiled from your own country? This has been the case for many different groups of people throughout history. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was one of these situations, in which thousands of Palestinians were banished from their own homeland. Mahmoud Darwish’s Identity Card portrays the struggles of the Palestinian people and allows for insight into the conflict from the eyes of the oppressed, and also shows similarities to other situations throughout history. Darwish essentially served as a messenger for his people, striving to show the world the injustice that was occurring. It started in 1948, with Israeli military rule forcing out thousands of Palestinians
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Better Essays

    States Edward Said Analysis
    • 1695 Words
    • 7 Pages

    States Edward Said Analysis

    In his "States" Edward Said writes about the "alienated" Palestinians. This story is an example of Pratt’s definition of a transcultural text. There are so many pieces that can be put together in States to Pratt’s ideas to form the transcultural text. The text from States can be used to help us better understand what a transcultural text is because it has new pieces of information, and it mostly relates to today’s world. I think that if we understand the story “States” as a transcultural text, we will be able to apply that to other stories which makes it easier to understand. Palestinians’ situation can mostly be understood through Pratt’s definition of contact zone. Said goes beyond what Pratt defines as a community. Pratt defines community as strongly utopian, but that is not what Said sees. The Palestinians do not have a “strongly utopian” community. And also, Pratt defines the marginal group and dominant group which I applied to “States.” Palestinians are in the marginal group because they are getting represented by Said who is in the dominant group. Mary Pratt would consider “States” a transcultural…

    • 1695 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    My Special Muslim Id Card By Wajahat Ali
    • 794 Words
    • 4 Pages

    My Special Muslim Id Card By Wajahat Ali

    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been quoted that he wants to monitor “certain mosques” in the U.S. In the article, “Mr. Trump, I’m used to standing out in the crowd. That’s why I’m ready for my special Muslim ID card” by Wajahat Ali the author uses effective satire to capture the attention of his audience in order to stress emphasis on his thoughts and views of American Muslims being assigned an ID card. Wajahat Ali is qualified to speak on this issue as he is a national correspondent for Al Jazeera America, an award-winning playwright, an attorney and a former consultant for the State Department. In addition, he is capable to speak on this subject as he is an American Muslim who was born and raised in the U.S. Nonetheless, the author can provide his points of view as both a Muslim with an exotic religious identity, but yet can provide his points of view as a true American Muslim. Most importantly, Wajahat Ali was successful at effective satire as he…

    • 794 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Said's States Essay Example
    • 1887 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Said's States Essay Example

    “I like the way a wise man build a story in an unconventional way.” This quote by Jim McKay is very striking, and if one was to be curious, continue reading. The way which an essay is structured makes a huge deal. In order to keep a reader invested and concentrated on the main point then the structure, or form, must be clear and organized. However, when writing the essay “States”, Edward Said takes a very unconventional approach to writing as he describes his life experiences after being exiled from his country as a Palestinian. His style of writing does not follow a specific pattern, nor does it follow anything that is conventional in a normal essay. Said uses this unique style of writing in hopes to show the characteristics of the life as a Palestinian. However, this style of writing is extremely difficult to follow. The essay jumps from place to place, which makes it hard for the reader to keep track of what is being talked about. Said believes that his use of unconventional writing is necessary in order to establish the “hybrid” style of Palestinian culture. Styles discussed will include things like the use of photos, lack of transitions, multiple genres, lack of and introduction and conclusion, and most importantly, no logical organization. Through the use of unconventional writing characteristics, Said takes the reader on a complicated journey to establish Palestinian “hybrid” way of life.…

    • 1887 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Lemon Tree Analysis
    • 377 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Lemon Tree Analysis

    The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been a major source of communal tension amongst Arabs and Jews in the last century. Disagreements over whom the land rightfully belongs to have erupted in violence, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and fighters. This fierce fighting has led to public outcry for the two factions to come to a peaceful solution that will once again bring stability to the region. Sandy Tolan, author of The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East presents the conflict through the true histories of two families, antithetical in nature, whose pasts ultimately lead them down a road of friendship. Despite a few exaggerations and assumptions, Tolan presents a well-researched, impartial history…

    • 377 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Ella Habiba Shohat
    • 257 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Ella Habiba Shohat

    In this article, Ella Habiba Shohat, discusses the domination of European Jews, the Ashkenazim, over the voices of the Arab Jews, the Sephardim. The Zionist master narrative portrays the idea that “Zionism ‘saved’ the Sephardim from the harsh rule of their Arab ‘captors,’” while modernizing and integrating them into their own European culture. (270). The Ashkenazi Israeli equates the Sephardi to the Arab, as uneducated and primitive, yet blame and view them as the “obstacle to peace” because of their supposed hatred of the Arab, creating an attitude portraying a colonial parallel operative. Shohat correlates the history of Zionism with that of the Palestinians and Sephardi, stating, “An essential feature of colonialism is the distortion and…

    • 257 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Best Essays

    Israel-Palestine: Two-State vs One-State Solution
    • 2385 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Israel-Palestine: Two-State vs One-State Solution

    ☐Kelman, Herbert C. "The Interdependence of Israeli and Palestinian National Identities: The Role of the Other in Existential Conflicts." Journal of Social Issues 55.3 (1999): 581-600. Print.…

    • 2385 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Best Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Chronotope In Jerusalem: Different From Tira, Jerusalem
    • 1063 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Chronotope In Jerusalem: Different From Tira, Jerusalem

    When his father drives him to school for the first time, his names is spelled wrong on the name tag (78). When he is laughed at by his Jewish classmates, he “[shaves] his moustache,” “[buys] some pants in a Jewish store” and “[buys] a Walkman and some tapes in Hebrew” (86). However, his efforts to become Jewish always fail because he cannot escape the continuous ideological framing of the tautology: “once an Arab, always an Arab” (92). By desperately saying this sentence, Eyad reveals the bitterness of being a Palestinian citizen in the State of Israel. The ethnic identity is regarded as a genetic identity, inerasable and despised by Jews.…

    • 1063 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Zionism and Online Search Engine
    • 597 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Zionism and Online Search Engine

    made in the Middle East, specifically in Israel/Palestine, by examining the multiple perspectives & agendas…

    • 597 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Dawish's Poetry Research Paper
    • 1227 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Dawish's Poetry Research Paper

    Darwish was mentally battling his pride when he found out that he, and along with other Palestinians, was casted out of the name “Palestinian”. Themes like exile and homeland are repeated throughout his poetry. His three poems that present the theme homeland are The Strangers’ Picnic, The Dreamers Pass From One Sky to Another, and Who Am I, Without Exile? These poems express his desire to return to his homeland, to restore his identity. It is shown through symbolism and nature. In writing about his desire, he is also writing in the voice of his Palestinian kins.…

    • 1227 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Mary Louise Pratt Edward Said
    • 1136 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Mary Louise Pratt Edward Said

    There are many tools that one can use to maintain their identity, nationally and internationally. A nation or land is where people have established their life, their culture and their heart; sadly it has happened where people have been forced out of their homeland. Great opening sentences. Mary Louise Pratt, Kenji Yoshino and Edward Said all present very good methods of maintaining one's national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt's essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where people are meeting other cultures, and they have to remember not to lose their own. (this was a run-on so I made it into two senteces)One of the Arts of the contact zone that describes what has happened with the Palestinians is Transculturation. Good. Transculturation is the combining of two different cultures. The Palestinians have been spread all over the world, and have had to take on the ways of their surroundings to fit into the norm while still keeping ways of their culture with them. In Kenji Yoshinos essay Covering the Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, Yoshino is trying to stop people from showing their false selves, also known as covering. "Everyone covers. To cover is to tone down a disfavored identity to fit into the mainstream." (Yoshino Preface) Edward Said's essay is a tool in itself; the essay's purpose is to show the world what happened to the Palestinians and to stop this from happening again. Great sentence structure and point! "Just as we once were taken from one "habitat" to a new one, we can be moved again". (Said 614) (move the sentence below that starts the next paragraph and make it the last sentence of this paragraph. This seems like your thesis statement, and the main point you are making in your paper)…

    • 1136 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Bosnian Refugee Life in America
    • 3565 Words
    • 15 Pages

    Bosnian Refugee Life in America

    Markowitz, F. (1996). Living in limbo: Bosnian Muslim refugees in Israel. Human Organization, 55(2), 127-132.…

    • 3565 Words
    • 15 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Best Essays

    Should Palestine Be an Independent Nation?
    • 2176 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Should Palestine Be an Independent Nation?

    Palestine, or is it Israel? Either way, it is a highly contested land between two major Semitic groups: the Arabs, and the Hebrews. From the late 19th century, and throughout the 20th century it has been the focal point of Arab nationalism and Jewish Zionism. Today, it has become the Jewish state of Israel with occupied Palestinian Territories called the West Bank, which lies on the West side of the Jordan River, and the Gaza Strip, which borders Israel and Egypt. But, should the Palestinians deserve a state of their own? This essay will investigate the Palestinian side of the argument, their Biblical and Quranic ties to the land, the State of Palestine should have been created under Jordanian Egyptian as well as Israeli occupation of the land, and finally Israel’s poor relations with Palestine and colonial occupation of the land has led to the formation of many radical groups.…

    • 2176 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Best Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Promises Movie Analysis
    • 861 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Promises Movie Analysis

    The movie “Promises” was about the religious conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis. In this movie the talk to kids and follow them around to see what daily life was like for them. They also asked a lot of questions about their opinion on this conflict and in this essay you will learn what they said and what their opinions were. This conflict in this region has grown a lot throughout the years and many people are unhappy. The things that are causing this are borders, government, and religion. Many people don't know how much this is affecting both religions and what they have to do to follow their religion. Also all of these kids have very strong opinions about what they think…

    • 861 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In The United States
    • 315 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In The United States

    To further conflict, Israel constructed the Israeli West Bank barrier, separating Israeli territory from Palestinian territory. The Israeli West Bank barrier has been internationally condemned as a ruthless tactic to simply keep families apart. This is the captivity that news outlets such as Cable News Network, Fox News, and CBS News choose not to report on. After spending almost half of a year in Palestine (over a few summer breaks), I myself have experienced the deprivation and heartbreak that the Palestinians experience daily; my motivation to express the captivity Palestinians endure stems solely from my personal observations while traveling through the holy land during the summer after the eighth grade. The elongated list of conflicts instantaneously symbolizes that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will most likely linger on the foreseeable future, but I am here to elucidate the hidden captivity that the Palestinian community experiences…

    • 315 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    What Makes a Social Movement Successful : Leadership
    • 7176 Words
    • 29 Pages

    What Makes a Social Movement Successful : Leadership

    Sahliyeh, Emile F. In Search of Leadership: West Bank Politics since 1967. Washington (D.C.): Brookings Institution, 1988. Print.…

    • 7176 Words
    • 29 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More

Related Topics