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Meaning of sumud | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Steadfastness, as a Palestinian value; steadfast Palestinianness and resistance to colonization, arrest, etc by Israel.

uncountable

Equivalents

العربية صمود

Examples

“Meari (2015) [...] introduc[es] the discourse of sumud. Sumud is a Palestinian anticolonial construct promoted by Palestinians living under the colonial order, which constantly subjects Palestinians to arrest, […] The discourse of sumud is the praxis of struggle […] Sumud embodies a radical alterity […] Sumud is the refusal to confess or reveal secrets to interrogators […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Sumwalt sumxu Sumy sun sun and planet gear sun anemone shrimp

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