Internship Program

Al-Shabaka will not be hosting its summer internship in 2023. Please check back for updates in 2024.

Al-Shabaka hosts two annual programs for current students and junior analysts: a summer internship and Gaza mentorship.

Summer interns are current students or recent graduates from around the world who support Al-Shabaka's research and writing efforts on a range of topics related to Palestinian policy. The internship program typically ranges from 10-12 weeks during the summer months and includes a modest stipend. We are also open to coordinating with universities to ensure the provision of academic credit. Interns work remotely and can be based anywhere across the globe.

Our Gaza mentorship program focuses specifically on nurturing junior/emerging analysts in Gaza under the guidance of Al-Shabaka staff, fellows, and advisors. The mentorship typically lasts for a six-month period and includes a modest stipend. Both programs provide interns with the opportunity to strengthen their policy analysis skills and gain insight into the workings of a Palestinian think tank.

Internship applications are generally accepted between February and March, with selections made in April. Gaza mentorship cycles will be announced on this page when available. For more information, please email [email protected]

Past Interns

Reem Abdul Majid is Al-Shabaka’s 2022 summer intern. Reem recently graduated from McGill University in Canada with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Islamic Studies. Reem has been involved with Palestine solidarity activism on campus throughout her degree. She is passionate about grassroots organizing and joint solidarity with like-minded causes for social justice and national liberation.

Jonathan Adler is a master’s student in Near Eastern Studies at the Kevorkian Center at New York University. After graduating from Yale University in 2018 with a BA in History, he spent a year studying Arabic in Amman and working at Adalah – the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Haifa. Before joining NYU, Jonathan was a policy assistant at the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and managing editor of Tadween Publishing, a project of the Arab Studies Institute. His writing has been published in various outlets and journals, including +972 Magazine, Jadaliyya, The North Carolina Historical Review, and Jewish Historical Studies.

Adrian Abdul-Bahá is Al-Shabaka’s 2021 summer intern. Adrian is finishing his MA at SOAS, University of London. His current research focuses on geography and territoriality in the nation-state framework, and his dissertation examines the influence of these discourses on the Palestinian national liberation movement and its objectives. Adrian is interested in linguistics as well; he is working on documenting and teaching the Palestinian Arabic dialect, and is currently learning Persian (Farsi).

Aya Alghazzawi is our 2021 Gaza Mentee. Aya works as an English language teacher for the Palestinian Ministry of Education based in Gaza and contributor to We Are Not Numbers. Her articles have been published by Mondoweiss, the Palestinian Project on Medium and Salaamedia. She earned a bachelor's degree in English language and literature and a diploma in general education from Al-Aqsa University.

Ziad Al-Qattan was our 2020 summer intern. Ziad is a graduate student at the University of Oxford. He holds a BSc in Anthropology from UCL (Class I) and has worked previously in political communications and the non-profit sector. His MPhil thesis at Oxford has revolved around the politics of popular music in occupied Palestine. His research interests lie in the fields of cultural studies, social history, decolonization, and resistance studies.