Emad S. Moussa

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Jul 7, 2020, 7:32 PM

How Do Palestinians Feel about the Shoah?

A week ago, as I scrolled through a long list of unread news articles, I came across an article which attacked a recently released Belgian documentary on the Shoah. It’s timely to produce a new Shoah documentary, I though....

May 12, 2020, 10:05 AM

Watching Fauda as a Palestinian

In the past two decades, the Israeli entertainment industry produced a number of provoking films and TV shows that attempted to re-examine Israel’s history and question the status quo. Think of Maoz’s Lebanon (2009) and Foxtrot (2017), or Folman’s...

Oct 27, 2018, 3:30 PM

Reflections on Israel’s Victim Mentality

To identify as a victim, regardless of the objective criteria that defines what a victim is, is meant to serve a social-psychological function. Given the right context, victimhood is utilised to ensure social cohesion, validation, and, above all, societal...

Jun 26, 2018, 6:35 PM

If The Andromeda Galaxy Were One-Million Light-Years Closer

Today, I'll take a brief break from political commentary and indulge myself in a subject close to my heart and the hearts of many out there - astronomy. At least, I'd like to think, rambling about astronomy won't invite...

Jun 25, 2018, 7:35 PM

Memoirs of a Delusional Palestinian

In the early morning hours of August 10, 2005, we arrived at the soon-to-be former Jewish settlement of Netzarim, a few kilometres southwest of Gaza City. From a distance, we could see the taillights of the Israeli military vehicles...

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About Me

British-Palestinian academic specialised in the political and social psychology of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.