ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the role of Akram Zuʿayter in the development and shaping of Palestinian nationalism throughout the British Mandate. It focuses on Zuʿayter’s role during the British Mandate until 1948, when he left Palestine for Jordan. It is possible to recognise the initial development of both an Arab and a Palestinian modern identity as occurring in the transition between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The local Palestinian dimension was a result of unique problems involving Palestine and the growing conflict with the Zionist movement. The Arab dimension of the Palestinian entity derived both from its purely historical-cultural affiliation and from its need for support from the Arab world in its battle for Palestine. The emphasis on any one dimension of the Arab-Palestinian identity has always been related to social, political, and strategic processes within Palestinian society. Zuʿayter began writing once again for Palestinian newspapers and organizing new Palestinian associations.
