01861nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002200043653002200065653002700087653003500114653002100149100001900170245007600189856015000265300001200415490000700427520120100434022002001635                                       d10aCultural property10aEcriture Feminine10aFood (and) colonialism10aLegal anthropology/ethnography10aPalestine/Israel1 aZeina Ghandour00aFalafel King: Culinary Customs and National Narratives in Palestine (I)  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891560655&doi=10.1007%2fs10691-013-9250-0&partnerID=40&md5=00f03bde636e7b2f9e4a64da7774b983  a281-3010 v213 aThis article is the first in a series in which I propose to draw on the emergent and poly/trans disciplinary field of Food Studies in order to pursue questions of national identity, political struggle, cultural resistance and psychological survival in Palestine. There are several perspectives from which this connection between food and territoriality may be theorised. At first instance, for the purposes of this paper, I ask whether it is appropriate to draw on the cultural property paradigm in order to spotlight the possibilities and significance of claiming their cuisine as the intangible cultural heritage of Palestinians. This essay is a rhetorical cry for the repatriation and rehabilitation of regional specialties. The need to acknowledge, safeguard and celebrate Palestinian culture, its distinctive genius and the abundance and refinement of its traditions is part of the struggle for meaningful political change. The Palestinian ethnographic research included in this paper was conducted in collaboration with Bait al Karama, a local (Nablus based) NGO founded and run entirely by women, for local women. My methodology is rooted in the relationship between activism and academia.  a09663622 (ISSN)