Arabs Embedded; 'That Which Is Still Algerian in Me'

What's in a name? A lot, not surprisingly, when the label is "Palestinian" and the subject is Arabs in military service in Israel. Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh, who was born in an Arab village in the Galilee and who identifies herself as Palestinian, is no stranger to the contentious politics of naming. The anthropologist met it again early in work for Surrounded: Palestinian Soldiers in the Israel Military (Stanford University Press), a punchy take on a delicate topic.

Kanaaneh recalls in the

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