| Nebula 5.3, September 2008
This issue of Nebula
features a collection of pieces that examine the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a relatively consistent set of personal and critical lenses. Many of these pieces take on the difficult task of speaking for ordinary Palestinians, providing a series of challenging, thought provoking encounters. But where the consistency of critical focus that enables such important and generative provocation is perhaps a little less "nebulous" than usual, the object of that focus is itself suggestive of another metaphoric working of nebulousness.
Diffuse nebulae have no clear borders. Though they may appear to us through imperfect mediation as indistinct masses stained by fierce bands of light, they are also the collective shape of a whole series of complex, interlocking tensions. Apprehending the forms of these tensions, too often at the limits of our vision, requires a perspective that prioritises both depth and diversity. While I hope not to stretch the metaphor too far, I would add that the articles in this issue make significant contributions to the acquisition of such a perspective. I hope they engage you as much as they did me.
Joshua Meyer
Editor
Australian Nebula Collective
Contents:
Note on contributors i-ii
Samar Habib. "Foreword." iv
Haidar Eid. Introduction: Countering the Nakba 1-7
Tanya Reinhart. In Memory of Edward Said 8-24
Clare Brandabur. Roadmap to Genocide 25-48
Kathy Zarur Palestinian Art and Possibility: Made in Palestine, an Examination. 49-60
Ilan Pappe The One Palestine: Past, Present and Future Perspectives. 61-77
Savera Kalideen & Haidar Eid A One State Solution for the Palestine-Israel Conflict: an Interview with Ali Abunimah 78-82
John Halaka. Outsiders on the Inside. 83-110
Haidar Eid & Khaled Ghazal Edward Said: Agent Provocateur. 111-121
Haidar Eid. "The Zionist-Palestinian Conflict: an Alternative Story." 122-139
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