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Abu Jildeh and Al-Armeet looks at anti-colonial insurgency in Palestine through the story of the Abu Jildeh bandit gang, which rose up against the British colonization of Palestine. Farmers from the greater Nablus region, they took up arms against both the British occupation and Palestinian feudal landlords from roughly 1931 to 1934, when they were eventually caught and executed by the British occupying army. Their rebellion, amongst others, paved the way for the 1936 Revolt, a mass uprising against the British colonization of Palestine and the planned Zionist colonization outlined by the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Although the 1936 Revolt was ultimately crushed, it presented a formidable challenge to the British Empire. Its echoes still reverberate today.
A historical narrative unfolding in text, drawings, and archival documents, this book, first published in 2017, is reprinted here in a new edition augmented by an English-language translation.