Constructing Identity: Palestine Online (Society and the Internet Lecture Series, Part 16)

This talk explores how, for Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the Internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity.

For Palestine’s diaspora and exiled communities, the Internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. This talk looks at the Internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon – communities usually separated by state boundaries and travel restrictions.