Ghada Karmi

Ghada Karmi ( _ar. غادة كرمي, ArTranslit|Ghādah Karmi) (1939-) is a Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic. She writes frequently on Palestinian issues in newspapers and magazines, including "The Guardian", "The Nation" and "Journal of Palestine Studies". She is a fellow and lecturer at the Institute of Arab & Islamic studies at Exeter University [ [http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/iais/staff/gkarmi/index.php Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK ] ] . She has been writing in favour of the one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1990.

Early life

Karmi was born in Jerusalem, and in her 2002 autobiography, "In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story", she describes growing up in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Katamon, with its mixture of Christian and Muslim Palestinians. Among the family friends and neighbors was Khalil al-Sakakini and his family. With her family she was forced to flee in the 1948 Nakba. The family eventually settled in the neighbourhood of Golders Green, in London, England, where her father, Hasan Sa'id Karmi, worked for the BBC Arabic service.

She studied and became a doctor of medicine, graduating from the University of Bristol in 1964. Initially Karmi practised as a physician, specialising in the health and social conditions of ethnic minorities, migrants and asylum seekers. [ [http://www.adelaide.edu.au/esml/transcripts/2007/biography.html University of Adelaide] ] Since 1972 she has been politically active for the Palestinian cause and gained a doctorate in the history of Arabic medicine from London University. [ [http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Ghada_Karmi.jsp open democracy] ]

In 1998 she visited her childhood home in Katamon for the first time since 1948.

She is an associate fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, and a visiting professor at London Metropolitan University. She is also vice-chair of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) [ [http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers-archive/ghada-karmi Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)] ]

She delivered the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at the University of Adelaide, Australia in October, 2007

References

Bibliography, books (partial):

*Al-Hassan, Ahmad Y.; Ghada Karmi & Nizar Namnum (eds.) "Proceedings of the First International Symposium for the History of Arabic Science April 5-12, 1976. Volume II. Papers in European Languages." Aleppo: University of Aleppo, Institute for the History of Arabic Science, 1978.
*Karmi, Ghada: "Multicultural Health Care: Current Practice and Future Policy in Medical Education" ISBN 0-7279-0940-1 British Medical Association, London, 1995,
*Karmi, Ghada (Ed.) with a contribution by Edward Said: "Jerusalem Today: What Future for the Peace Process?" ISBN 0-86372-226-1 Ithaca Press, 1996
*** [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_4_21/ai_58564192 Review of Jerusalem Today: What Future for the Peace Process?] , by Andrej Kreutz, in Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Fall, 1999.
*Karmi, Ghada: "The Palestinian Exodus 1948-1998". Ithaca Press 1999
*Karmi, Ghada: "In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story" ISBN 1-85984-694-7 Verso 2002
** [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,815080,00.html A country of the mind] Guardian, Saturday October 19, 2002 (from Dr Ghada Karmi's memoir, In Search of Fatima)
** [http://www.jerusalemquarterly.org/details.php?cat=2&id=167 In Search of Fatima Fateful Days in 1948] from Jerusalem Quarterly (from Dr Ghada Karmi's memoir, In Search of Fatima)
*** [http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,818330,00.html Review of In Search of Fatima] , the Guardian
*** [http://www.wrmea.com/archives/December_2004/0412068.html Review of In Search of Fatima] by Sara Powell Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 2004, page 68
*Karmi, Ghada: "Married to another man: Israel's dilemma in Palestine," Pluto press, 2007, ISBN 0745320651
** [http://imeu.net/news/article006702.shtml Review] , by Sonja Karkar, IMEU, Oct 10, 2007
**Times Literary Supplement Review by Trevor Mostyn Feb.15,2008 p.5

Bibliography, articles by Ghada Karmi (partial list):

*"The 1948 Exodus: A Family Story" in "Journal of Palestine Studies" 23, no. 2 (Win. 1994): 31-40.
* [http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0197/9701014.htm U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem Is Misguided and Illegal] January/February 1997, p. 14 Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040708013829/http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi?tablet-00171 A Muslim at the feast] The Tablet, 11 April 1998
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041117145646/http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi?tablet-00175 Leaving the lemon tree] in The Tablet, 25 April 1998
*"After the Nakba: An Experience of Exile in England" in "Journal of Palestine Studies" 28, no. 3 (Spr. 1999): 52-63.
* [http://www.thenation.com/doc/19990607/karmi Kosovars and Palestinians] , The Nation, May 20, 1999 (June 7, 1999 issue)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000826215117/http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/1999/445/op5.htm With much malice aforethought] in Al-Ahram Weekly, 2-8 September 1999
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000510054536/http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2000/476/op5.htm Denial and the future of peace] in Al-Ahram Weekly, 6-12 April 2000
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/998921.stm The future of peace: A Palestinian view] 31 October, 2000, BBC
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010405150015/http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/522/fo2.htm Fussing over a red herring] in Al-Ahram Weekly, 22 February 2001
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040805065028/http://www.one-state.org/articles/2002/karmi.htm A Secular Democratic State in Historic Palestine: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?] Al-Adab (Lebanon), July 2002
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,971664,00.html The map must show a way home] , The Guardian, June 6 2003
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/659/op13.htm Edward Said and the politics of dispossession] 9 - 15 October 2003 Issue No. 659 Al-Ahram Weekly
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/665/op24.htm A very Arab obsession] 20 - 26 November 2003, Issue No. 665, Al-Ahram Weekly
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/674/op8.htm Time to remember] 22 - 28 January 2004, Issue No. 674, Al-Ahram
* [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Feb04/Karmi0202.htm Zionism is Still the Issue] , "Dissident Voice", February 2, 2004
* [http://www.counterpunch.org/karmi02202004.html Sharon is not the Problem: It's the Nature of Zionist Ideology] 20 February 2004, CounterPunch
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1171705,00.html By any means necessary] , The Guardian, March 18 2004
* [http://www.counterpunch.org/karmi07172004.html Vanishing the Palestinians; The World Looks on Ineffectually] July 17 / 18, 2004, CounterPunch
* [http://www.counterpunch.org/karmi11102004.html After Arafat: Sharon is Still Not Ready to Make Peace] November 10, 2004, CounterPunch
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/716/re9.htm Who killed Yasser Arafat?] 11 - 17 November 2004 Issue No. 716, Al-Ahram Weekly
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/print/2005/757/op133.htm Gaza hysteria] 25 August 2005, issue 757, Al-Ahram Weekly
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1675672,00.html With no Palestinian state in sight, aid becomes an adjunct to occupation] , The Guardian, January 5, 2006
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1774886,00.html Where is the global outcry at this continuing cruelty?] , The Guardian, May 15, 2006
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1981010,00.html These shameful events have humiliated the Arab world] , The Guardian, January 2, 2007
*Derek Summerfield, Colin Green, Ghada Karmi, David Halpin, Pauline Cutting, 125 other doctors: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,2062435,00.html Israeli boycotts: gesture politics or a moral imperative?] , April 21, 2007, The Guardian
*Ghada Karmi (pro-boycott) Andy Charlwood (against the boycott): [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2100133,00.html Perspectives on the boycott debate] , June 11, 2007, The Guardian
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=881390 Weapon of the weak] , July 13, 2007, Haaretz
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,2128186,00.html A historic anomaly] , July 17, 2007, The Guardian,
* [http://mondediplo.com/2007/09/06saudi Israel’s cost to the Arabs] , September 2008, Le Monde diplomatique
* [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ghada_karmi/2007/10/intellectual_terrorism.html Intellectual terrorism] , October 25, 2007, Guardian: Comment is Free,
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,2201071,00.html Taking sides in the debate over the Middle East] , October 29, 2007, The Guardian
*Colin Green, Asad Khan, Ghada Karmi, Chris Burns-Cox, Martin Birnstingl, David Halpin, Derek Summerfield: [http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0074845.html Medical ethical violations in Gaza] , December 6, 2007, The Lancet
* [http://imeu.net/news/article008867.shtml A one-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis] , May 30, 2008, The Christian Science Monitor

External links

* [http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/15/as_palestinians_mark_60th_anniversary_of May 15th, 2008, Inteview on] Democracy_Now!