Police Encounters: Security and Surveillance in Gaza Under Egyptian Rule

by Ilana Feldman

Book Overview

Egypt came to govern Gaza as a result of a war, a failed effort to maintain Arab Palestine. Throughout the twenty years of its administration (1948-1967), Egyptian policing of Gaza concerned itself not only with crime and politics, but also with control of social and moral order. Through surveillance, interrogation, and a network of local informants, the police extended their reach across the public domain and into private life, seeing Palestinians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804795347
• ISBN13: 9780804795340
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"