The Nahalal Murders and the Birth of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
My second book-length project, this is an account of the 1932 Nahalal murders in northern Palestine and their impact on the development of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Based on extensive archival research in the occupied West Bank, Israel, the United States, and England.
Bartholomew de Fonte
A forthcoming biography of the 17th-century Spanish admiral and ‘Prince of Chilli’ who was fabricated by a London publisher and later weaponized against the Hudson’s Bay Company.
W. J. T. Mitchell's Cloning Terror: The War of Images, 9/11 to the Present
A review of Cloning Terror, published in the Journal of American Culture.
History Lessons for Jared Kushner
Some unsolicited advice for Jared Kushner as he works on negotiating a resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Published on The Spoke - the blog of the Albright Institute at Wellesley College.
Teacher, Preacher, Soldier, Martyr: Rethinking 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam
An earlier article in Die Welt des Islams that discusses the ways that the ‘Izz al-Din al-Qassam’s story has been instrumentalized.