Intifada

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Intifada (انتفاضة intifāḍa(t)) is an Arabic word which literally means "shaking off", though it is usually translated into English as "rebellion" or "uprising". According to a 2007 article in the Washington Post, the word "crystallized in its current Arabic meaning during the first Palestinian uprising in the late 1980s and early 1990s". It is often used as a term for popular resistance to oppression.[1]

Intifada may also refer to these historical events:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robin Shulman (August 24, 2007). "In New York, a Word Starts a Fire". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082301933.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-25. 
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