Kingdom of Heaven: The One State Solution and Western Military Intervention in the Holy Land

In this article I argue that in Kingdom of Heaven Ridley Scott creates historical analogies between Saladin's taking of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade, on the one hand, and the Israeli-Palestinian question and American-led ‘War on Terror’, on the other hand. I maintain that Scott pictures the...

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Main Author: Yousef, Nisreen T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Univ. Press [2020]
In: Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 175-189
RelBib Classification:KBL Near East and North Africa
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Holy Land
B Crusade
B Edward Said
B Ridley Scott
B Western Intervention
B Nur Masalha
B Kingdom of Heaven
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