Abu Jildeh and Al-Armeet looks at anti-colonial insurgency in
Palestine through the story of the Abu Jildeh bandit gang, a group of
farmers from the greater Nablus region who rose up against the
British colonization of Palestine. From roughly 1931 to 1934, the
band resisted both the British occupation and Palestinian feudal
landlords, before they were eventually caught and executed by the
British 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
through text, drawings, and archival documents, this book, first
published in 2017, is now reprinted in a new edition augmented by an
English-language translation.