Jacob Norris

Jacob Norris is a lecturer in Middle Eastern History at Sussex University. He is the author of Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

The Battle of Algiers transposed into a Palestinian key

Cinematic representations of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation frequently invoke The Battle of Algiers as a point of reference. This reflects a long history of Palestinian identification with the Algerian independence movement and more specifically with Pontecorvo’s film.

By Jacob Norris

/ 11 Feb 2013