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Contrary to the common view of recognition as an asset sought by Indigenous communities, Dr Emile Badarin demonstrates how settlers and settler-colonial states actively pursue recognition as a strategy to legitimise dispossession and eliminate Indigenous societies.

The book critically examines categories of race, racism and racial hierarchies within Euromodern thought, and explores how anti-Zionism has been strategically equated with anti-Semitism to advance settler-colonialism in Palestine and secure Israel’s recognition internationally.

Central to the discussion is the Palestinian practice of sumud (steadfastness), understood here as a philosophy of liberation and a pathway towards a decolonial future in Palestine and beyond.

Speaker
Dr Emile Badarin – born and raised in Palestine, he holds a PhD in Middle East Politics from the University of Exeter. He is the author of Palestinian Political Discourse (2016) and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on international and Middle East politics and the Question of Palestine.

Discussant
Prof Alan Lester – historical geographer, University of Sussex

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By: James Andrews
Last updated: Monday, 6 October 2025