Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization (University of California Press, 2021 - New Directions in Palestinian Studies)
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Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization (University of California Press, 2021 - New Directions in Palestinian Studies)
11، Jun 2022

In 2021, professor Lynn Welchman published a book titled “Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization” - (University of California Press, 2021 - New Directions in Palestinian Studies). The publication studies the origins of Al-Haq, the first Palestinian human rights organization, and of the wider significance of the methodologies and approaches instigated by Al-Haq and developed under Israeli occupation and into the early years of the Palestinian Authority. Read this publication and download for free here.
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