Control Food, Control People: The Struggle for Food Security in Gaza
Éditeur: 
Institute for Palestine Studies
Année de publication: 
2013
Langue: 
Anglais
Nombre de pages: 
70
Keywords: 
Gaza
occupation
food
Rami Zurayk
Anne Gough
Résumé

Control Food, Control People examines the relation between Israeli strategies of control over Palestinians and the fostering of food insecurity in the Gaza Strip. The authors begin by documenting the current state of food and food production in Gaza. They then develop an integrative theoretical framework to identify the food security determinants that are commonly overlooked in the conventional definition of food security. Using this framework, and relying on primary and secondary data, they analyze the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and culture. The picture that emerges is that food insecurity is not a side effect of the occupation but rather a strategic goal pursued by all Israeli governments. 

À propos de l’auteur

Rami Zurayk is professor at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and director of the Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program at the American University of Beirut. His latest book: Food, Farming and Freedom: Sowing the Arab Spring was published in 2011 by Just World Books.

رامي زريق، أستاذ في كلية الزراعة والعلوم الغذائية ومدير برنامج الماجستير في العلوم البيئية في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت. آخر مؤلفاته كتاب: Food, Farming and Freedom: Sowing the Arab Spring الذي صدر سنة 2011.

Anne Gough is a researcher on the political ecology of food and farming systems. In Palestine, she worked with the Palestine Wildlife Society to create a survey of native Palestinian plant and bird species. In Lebanon, she was an instructor with the Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program at the American University of Beirut. She is currently based in Seattle, Washington.

آن غوف، باحثة في الإيكولوجيا السياسية للنظم الغذائية والزراعية. عملت مع جمعية الحياة البرية في فلسطين على إجراء مسح للنباتات وأنواع الطيور المحلية الفلسطينية. وفي لبنان، درّست طلبة برنامج الماجستير في العلوم البيئية في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت. وهي تقيم حالياً بسياتل، واشنطن.