Maryam Griffin鈥檚 book reviewed in Public Books

Maryam Griffin鈥檚 book, Vehicles of Decolonization: Public Transit in the Palestinian West Bank (Temple University Press, 2021) has been by Dr. Eman Ghanayem for Public Books. Dr. Ghanayem wrote about the book alongside three other recent monographs that approach Palestine through the lens of indigeneity, movement/crossing, and land.

糖心vlog视频 Griffin鈥檚 book, Ghanayem writes, 鈥 In her social study and movement through everyday life in Palestine, Griffin shows that the colonized are constantly outgrowing their enclosure. I say outgrowing not as mere metaphorical play but to emphasize creativity as part and parcel of Palestinian refusal, life, and resistance. It grows beyond its confines.

鈥淒rivers represent a great example of that growth. But Griffin, again, moves us between the literal and figurative, discussing art and communal projects that equally represent rich modes of living and self-determination. [鈥

鈥淭hese activities, as Griffin beautifully puts it in her conclusion, altogether represent 鈥榓 moving map of active decolonization鈥 guided by a motive to maintain our relationship to land. They are 鈥榓 repertoire of decolonization鈥 or 鈥榬epertoires of self-determined mobility鈥 and 鈥榮elf-determined presence.鈥欌