Amal Eqeiq: Small Literatures, Big Affinities - From Palestine and Chiapas to the Global South

Geographically, both Palestine and Chiapas are small places. Their location in the global political imaginary, however, is neither small nor peripheral. Inspired by and committed to global indigenous solidarity and South-South dialogue, my project, ‘Indigenous Affinities: Comparative Study in Mayan and Palestinian Narratives’, seeks to bridge comparative literature and indigenous studies. I investigate similarities between contemporary Mayan and Palestinian narratives of indigeneity based on ..