Dina Hussein is a historian and editor specializing in Middle Eastern history and policy. She currently serves as commissioning editor at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. Previously, she served as senior editor of the Alternative Policy Solutions project at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and co-founding opinion editor of Mada Masr, Egypt’s leading independent media platform. Alongside her editorial career, Dina earned a PhD from the University of Melbourne in Australia, where her research focused on the urban and social history of nineteenth-century Alexandria. She also holds two master’s degrees in History and Arab Studies from Georgetown University in the US. She has taught Middle Eastern history at Georgetown University, the University of Melbourne, and AUC.
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In this episode, Al-Shabaka policy analysts Diana Buttu, Inès Abdel Razek, and Al-Shabaka’s Co-Director Yara Hawari, are interviewed by Al-Shabaka's commissioning editor Dina Hussein on the recent wave of Palestine State recognition by several European powers as a policy response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. This podcast episode was originally recorded in June 2025.
