About Al-Shabaka Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network is the first independent and transnational Palestinian think tank. We are a non-partisan, US-registered non-profit organization, whose mission is to educate and foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination within the framework of international law.  Al-Shabaka was founded in 2009. We are a remote-based think tank…

About Al-Shabaka Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination within the framework of international law. Al-Shabaka, which means "The Network" in Arabic, is a think tank without borders or walls that aims to: Draw upon…

Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your professional background, and what motivated you to join AS's board? I was born and grew up in East Jerusalem, and I am a “Qudsiyyeh” (Jerusalemite) to the core. I started my career in communications with an international humanitarian aid organization more than twenty years ago.…

Though Refqa Abu-Remaileh became a member of Al-Shabaka’s board this year, she is no stranger to the organization, having joined as a policy analyst in 2016. Dr. Abu-Remaileh grew up in Jordan and Canada before pursuing her master’s and doctorate in Arabic literature and film at Oxford University. She then worked at the Oxford Research…

The Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata has created a work of art dedicated to Al-Shabaka, the global Palestinian think tank. All proceeds of its sale are going to support our mission. The artist dedicated this limited edition of a silkscreen print to Al-Shabaka because of his belief in our unique role in establishing a platform for…