Rosemarie Esber
Rosemarie M. Esber | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Education | PhD (2004) |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University University of London |
Occupation(s) | Researcher, writer |
Rosemarie M. Esber is a researcher and writer with degrees from the University of London and Johns Hopkins University with a background in the history, culture, and economy of the Middle East and North Africa.[1][2] Her published work is centered on Arab oral history. She has served as a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Finance Corporation.[2][3]
Palestine and their Nakba
One of the main focuses of Esber's work has been the Palestinian accounts of their evacuation from their homes on the cusp of the
Arab Americans in the Southern United States
Esber won the 2012-13 Charlton Oral History Research Grant from Baylor University for her proposal "Arab Americans in the Southern United States". Her aim is to contrast the perception that diversity is an inherently Northern urban phenomenon by documenting three waves of Arab immigration to America which began as early as the 1880s.[7][8]
Published works
Books
- War and Arab displacement in Mandate Palestine, 29 November 1947 to 15 May 1948 (2004, University of London)
- Under the Cover of War: The Zionist Expulsion of the Palestinians (2008, Arabicus Books)
Articles
- The Poet-King of Seville (January 1993, Saudi Aramco World)
- The 1948 Palestinian Arab Exodus from Haifa (2003, Arab World Geographer)
- Mainstreaming Gender in Selected HIV/AIDS Interventions in World Bank Operations in Africa. (December 2004, Review for World Bank Poverty Reduction Management & Gender Division (PRMGE))
- Rewriting The History of 1948: The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Question Revisited (May 2005, Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal)
References
- ^ "Rosemarie M. Esber". Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ^ a b "Institute of Oral History News". Baylor University. 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
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"Download - World Bank". World Bank. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
Thanks are due to the many colleagues at the Institute for Health Policy in Sri Lanka who responded to queries with invaluable information. Alicia Hetmer and Rosemary Esber edited the final report.
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Nur Masalha (2009). "Expanding the Archives" (PDF). Journal of Palestine Studies: 159–60. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2013-06-16.
Esber's work both challenges and complements the archival historiography of 1948.
- ^ Mustafa Kabha (November 2011). "Rosemarie M. Esber, Under the Cover of War: The Zionist Expulsion of the Palestinians". .
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Robert Fisk (2008-11-01). "Arabs have to rely on Britain and Israel for their history". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
Rosemarie Esber, for example, has put her degrees from London and Johns Hopkins universities to good use....
- ^ "Baylor University - Institute for Oral History - Charlton Oral History Grant". Baylor University. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ^ Rosemarie Esber. "Arab Americans in the Southern United States - Proposal Narrative" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-05.