Today's talk, presented by the Director of the Arab Open University Professor Tahrir Hamdi, and introduced by Dr. Odai Al Ma'aitah, tackled the topic of Palestine: From Colonial History to Decolonization. Professor Tahrir discussed why Palestine was not included in earlier discussions of post-colonial theory, and only recently made it into the debates. Professor Tahrir also discussed the colonial history of Israel and the similarities between the Zionists of the past and the now. She also tackled the topic of resistance literature in general and Palestinian resistance literature in specific.
