Editing Intifada (section)

== Etymology ==
''Intifada'' is an [[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]] word literally meaning, as a noun, "tremor", "shivering", "shuddering".<ref name="Roberson">Mary K.Roberson, 'Birth, Transformation, and Death of Refugee Identity: Women and Girls of the Intifada,' in Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Oliva M Espin (eds.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fXWPa4bZVoQC&pg=PA42 ''Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives,''] Routledge,  2013 p.42.</ref><ref>Ellen Canterow, 'Beita,' in Zachary Lockman, [[Joel Beinin]], (eds), [https://books.google.com/books?id=KYPVNdzXUJkC&pg=PA81 ''Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Occupation,''] South End Press, 1989 pp.81-98 p.81</ref> It is derived from an Arabic term ''nafada'' meaning "to shake", "shake off", "get rid of",<ref name="Roberson" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Robson |first1=Laura |title=The Politics of Mass Violence in the Middle East |date=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=9780198825036}}</ref> as a dog might shrug off water, or as one might shake off sleep,<ref>David Pratt, [https://books.google.com/books?id=m_NE9jbFTrsC&pg=PA20 ''Intifada,''] Casemate Publishers, 2009 p.20</ref> or dirt from one's sandals.<ref name="King"/>