JL;DR SUMMARY In his book "The 100 Years War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017," historian Rashid Khalidi intertwines his family's experiences with the broader Palestinian struggle for self-determination against Israel and international opposition. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.