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DESCRIPTION:The Gazan Riviera and other entrepreneurial imaginaries\n\nSara
 h Moser\n\nAbstract: The scale and pace of destruction in Gaza since Octob
 er 2023 has prompted many discussions about what post-war Gaza will look l
 ike\, how it will be rebuilt\, and by whom. Particularly since Trump becam
 e president for the second time in January 2025\, Americans and Israeli of
 ficials have proposed a number of rebuilding schemes. These are premised o
 n the belief that Gazans and other Palestinians residing in Gaza have no c
 laim to the land or right to remain and are guided by an entrepreneurial l
 ogic that views Gaza as economically unproductive waterfront property that
  is wasted on Palestinians and requires ‘improvement’ in order to be profi
 table for investors. American and Israeli political elites imagine a sort 
 of luxurious international ‘Gazan Riviera’ as a ‘space of exception’ where
  normal laws and regulations are suspended and which is regulated and gove
 rned using distinct legislation and autonomous non-state actors. In this r
 esearch I trace some of the origins and antecedents of the Gazan Riviera s
 cheme and examine some of the ways in which they are circulated. While the
 se schemes are audacious and will break international law\, I argue that t
 hey echo many recent urban mega-developments in which ethnic cleansing\, l
 and grabbing\, and the establishment of zones governed by separate laws an
 d regulations are increasingly normalized.\n\n \n\nGraham Macdonald\n\nAbs
 tract: TBA\n
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LOCATION:Room 426\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Geography Faculty Talks: Professors Sarah Moser & Graham Macdonald
URL:/science/channels/event/geography-faculty-talks-pr
 ofessors-sarah-moser-graham-macdonald-366881
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