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Municipal settler colonialism: Himmat Zoubi, ”48 Palestinian Creatives: Fostering Emancipation, Imagining Decolonialism’, Palestine/Israel Review, 2025

30Mar25

Abstract: Haifa or Hayfa (Hayfa is the transliteration of Haifa’s Arabic name. This article uses the term to distinguish between pre-1948 Hayfa and post-occupation Haifa [April 1948 onwards].), historically a vibrant Palestinian city, has undergone significant transformations under settler-colonialism. This article explores contemporary manifestations of the municipal settler-colonialism of Haifa, where Zionist territorial dominance is advanced under the guise of urban development, erasing the Palestinian history and identity of the city. Despite efforts to de-Palestinize Haifa, however, a Palestinian cultural scene flourished there during the 2010s and early-2020s, fostering an urban subjectivity that counters the settler-colonial narrative and challenges ongoing practices of erasure. Through an analysis of cultural initiatives and grassroots movements, the article demonstrates how ’48 Palestinian creatives (The term ’48 Palestinians refers to those Palestinians who remained within the borders of the State of Israel after 1948 and their descendants.) navigate contradictions, reclaim Palestinian spaces within what are now Israeli cities, and envision social and political emancipation. By conceptualizing these dynamics as a “non-state cultural ecosystem,” this article highlights the interconnections between cultural production and political activism, emphasizing how these relationships confront both settler-colonial erasure and neoliberal cultural commodification. Within this cultural ecosystem, ’48 Palestinian creatives have thus resisted settler-colonialism and proposed a decolonial future by embedding their struggle within boarder global discussions of art, culture, and resistance.


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