NAILA AND THE UPRISING
Discussion Guide
Naila and the Uprising Discussion Guide
This discussion guide is designed to help you learn more about women's leadership, unarmed civil resistance and grassroots organizing in the Israeli-Palestinian context. The questions offered in this guide are
designed to encourage a constructive conversation on a variety of issues raised in the film. You will also find more information about the protagonists, a guide to facilitation and support materials including
further reading, frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) and a glossary. We encourage you to use this guide alongside the resources below, grouped thematically.
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The First Intifada was a rich and complex historical period that has been the subject of numerous research studies, articles, books, films and other resources. The resources below, organized around clips from the film, are not meant to be comprehensive. Rather, they provide useful context to deepen your understanding of this pivotal time in Israeli-Palestinian history. Please note that these resources do not necessarily represent the perspective of Just Vision.
Background on the first Intifada
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Online Resources
25th Anniversary of the First Intifada. Institute for Middle East Understanding, 2012.
Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Primer. Middle East Research and Information Project, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, 2014
Remembering the First Intifada. Middle East Monitor, by Hanaa Hassan, 2017. -
Watch: Movies and Videos
Stories from the Intifada. Al Jazeera World, 2014.
The Wanted 18. Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan. Bellota Films, 2014.
The Law in these Parts. Ra'anan Alexandrowicz. PBS, 2013.
Letter from Palestine. Steve York. PBS, 1989. -
Go deeper: Academic articles and books
Articles
Abu-Amr, Z. (Fall 1988). " The Palestinian Uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ." Arab Studies Quarterly 10(4), 384-405.
Frisch, H. (April 1993). " The Palestinian Movement in the Territories: The Middle Command ." Middle Eastern Studies 29(2), 254-274.
Hussein, Y. (Fall 2005). " The Stone and the Pen: Palestinian Education During the 1987 Intifada ." The Radical Teacher (74), 17-22.
Olmsted, J. (Winter 1996). " Thwarting Palestinian Development ." Middle East Report (201), 11-18.
Books
Heacock, R. and Nassar, J. R. (1991). Intifada: Palestine at the crossroads . West Bank, Palestine: Birzeit University Press.
Hiltermann, J. R. (1991). Behind the Intifada: Labor and women's movements in the occupied territories . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Khalidi, R. (2007). The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
King, M.E. (2007). The Quiet Revolution: The First Intifada and Nonviolent Resistance . New York, NY: Nation Books.
Lockman, Z. and Beinin, J. eds. (1989). Intifada: the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation . Boston, MA: South End Press.
Women's Leadership in Movement Building
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Online Resources
How Palestinian women led successful non-violent resistance . Al Jazeera, by Mersiha Gadzo, March 8, 2018.
‘My story is one of many': The Palestinian women behind the First Intifada . Middle East Eye, by Zahra Hankir, March 13, 2018.
Reimagining Peacemaking: Women's Roles in Peace Processes. International Peace Institute, by Marie O'Reilly, Andrea Ó. Súilleabháin and Thania Paffenholz, 2015.
Why Women: Inclusive Security and Peaceful Societies. Inclusive Security, by Maria O'Reilly, October 2015.
Women in Nonviolent Movements. United States Institute of Peace, by Marie A. Principe, December 29, 2016. -
Watch: Movies and Videos
Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs. Eimhear O'Neill. Eimhear O'Neill. Fine Point Films, 2017.
How women wage conflict without violence. Julia Bacha. TED.com, 2016.
The Trials of Spring. Gini Reticker. Fork Films, 2015.
Budrus. Julia Bacha. Just Vision, 2009.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Gini Reticker. Fork Films, 2008. -
Go Deeper: Academic Articles and Books
Articles
Abdulhadi, R. (Dec. 1998). " The Palestinian Women's Autonomous Movement: Emergence, Dynamics, and Challenges ." Gender and Society 12(6), 649-673.
Asal, Victor, Legault, R., Szekely, O. and Wilkenfelt, J. (2013). " Gender ideologies and forms of contentious mobilization in the Middle East." Journal of Peace Research (50), 305-318.
Aziz, S. (June 2013). "Democracy, Like Revolution, is Unattainable Without Women." United States Institute of Peace(152), 1-5.
Moosa, Z., Rahmani, M. and Webster, L. (Nov. 2013). " From the Private to the Public Sphere: New Research on Women's Participation in Peace-Building ." Gender and Development 21(3), 453-472.
Books
Jad, I. (2018). Palestinian Women's Activism: Nationalism, Secularism, Islamism . Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Richter-Devroe, S. (2018). Women's Political Activism in Palestine: Peacebuilding, Resistance and Survival . Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
Sabbagh, S. (1998). Palestinian Women of Gaza and the West Bank . Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Sharoni, S. (1995). Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women's Resistance . Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Nonviolent Resistance in Action
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Online Resources
How the world is proving Martin Luther King right about nonviolence . Washington Post, by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan, January 18, 2016.
The Practice of Social Movement Leadership. Mobilizing Ideas, by Marshall Ganz and Liz McKenna, June 23, 2017. -
Watch: Movies and Videos
The success of nonviolent civil resistance. Erica Chenoweth. TED.com, 2013.
Everyday Rebellion. Arash T. Riahi. Golden Girls Film Production, 2013.
How to Start a Revolution. Ruaridh Arrow. The Big Indy, 2011.
Pay Attention to Nonviolence. Julia Bacha. TED.com, 2011.
Budrus. Julia Bacha. Just Vision, 2009.
Bringing Down a Dictator. Steve York. WETA, 2002.
A Force More Powerful. Steve York. WETA, 1999. -
Go Deeper: Academic Articles and Books
Articles
Carter, A. (2013). " People Power Since 1980: Examining Reasons for its Spread, Success and Failure ." Security and Peace 31(3), 145-150.
Chenoweth, E. (Summer 2014). " Civil Resistance: Reflections on an Idea Whose Time Has Come ." Global Governance 20(3), 351-358.
Cunningham, K. G., Dahl, M. and Frugé, A. (July 2017). " Strategies of Resistance: Diversification and Diffusion ." American Journal of Political Science 61(3), 591-605.
Ganz, M. (2005). " Why David Sometimes Wins: Strategic Capacity in Social Movements ." in The Psychology of Leadership: New Perspectives and Research, Messick, D. M. and Kramer, R. M., eds., 209-238.
Hardiman, D. (June 2013). " Towards a History of Non-violent Resistance ." Economic and Political Weekly 48(23), 41-48.
Books
Chenoweth, E. and Stephan, M.J. (2013). Why Civil Resistance Works: The strategic logic of nonviolent conflict . New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Dudouet, V. ed. (2014). Civil Resistance and Conflict Transformation: Transitions from armed to nonviolent struggle . Oxfordshire, England: Routledge.
Nepstad, S. E. (2011). Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil resistance in the late 20th century . Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Sharp, G. and Paulson, J. (2005). Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th century practice and 21st century potential . Manchester, NH: Extending Horizons Books.