Beshara Doumani is the Mahmoud Darwish Professor of Palestinian Studies at Brown University, the first chair of its kind dedicated to this field, and founding director of Brown’s Center for Middle East Studies. He previously served as president of Birzeit University (2021–2023). His research focuses on the social, economic, and legal history of the early modern and modern Middle East, and he writes on displacement, academic freedom, and the Palestinian condition. His books include Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900 and Family Life in the Ottoman Mediterranean: A Social History. He is co-editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly and serves on the editorial committee of the Journal of Palestine Studies.
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In this Al-Shabaka roundtable, a cross-section of policy advisors reflects on Jamil Hilal’s policy brief, “Palestinian Answers in the Arab Spring.” They discuss the state of Palestinian politics and society, the future of the Palestinian national movement, and how to achieve a Palestinian Spring.
