Classified "A" by ANVUR in the fields 11/D1, 11/D2 Scientific in the field 14.
Abstract
From a critical, decolonial and intersectional feminist perspective, this contribution analyses the ways in which Palestinian resistance is conceptualised in postcolonial theories, queer practices and contemporary literary narratives. Particular attention is paid to the way in which feminised bodies are sites of both oppression and agency. Through an examination of the manifestos of Queers for Palestine and the AQ collective, as well as the writings of Somdeep Sen, Susan Abulhawa, Suad Amiry and Nada Elia, the paper explores the concept of Sumūd as a daily practice of resilience and resistance, and as a means of constructing liveable worlds. The analysis reveals how Zionist violence operates along dual colonial and patriarchal axes to create an all-encompassing structure of power, while the narratives demonstrate forms of resistance grounded in care, dignity, poetic and political imagination. Symbols such as Handala, Tatreez and the keys of the Nakba are revealed to be condensers of collective memory and diasporic continuity. Palestine is thus presented as a theoretical and political laboratory with the potential to initiate decolonial practices that promote more equitable societies and emancipatory pedagogical relationships, based on an autoethnographic methodology.
