Mary Nazzal-Batayneh is a social entrepreneur and impact investor chosen as part of Forbes Most Powerful Women as well as Jordan’s Top Businesswoman by Jordan Business Magazine in 2019. She is the Founder of Landmark Hotel, Jordan’s only 5-star local hospitality business, and MVMNT, a wellness business. She has been recognized for incorporating sustainability, consciousness and purpose into all her endeavors and is a Young Global Leader (alumni) with the World Economic Forum (WEF). Mary is also a qualified barrister (England) and a longtime activist for Palestinian rights. She serves on the Board of the European Legal Support Center, the Royal Film Commission, the King Hussein Cancer/Foundation and is an Advisor to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
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Punctuated by the outbreak of the Unity Intifada in May 2021, the trajectory of Palestinian resistance is experiencing a watershed phase marked by new actors and themes. With the effective neutralization of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) since the 1993 Oslo Accords, the deepening geopolitical fragmentation of Palestinians across colonized Palestine and the world, and the global shift to cyberspace, new opportunities — and threats — to Palestinian resistance have emerged.
The latest Al-Shabaka roundtable examines the effectiveness of different forms of resistance in achieving Palestinian rights. The participants discussed a range of issues from the implications of armed struggle to the potential and limitations of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.
Over the past month, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisors Bashir Abu-Manneh, Ali Abunimah, Naseer Aruri, Diana Buttu, Mary Nazzal-Batayneh, Mouin Rabbani, and Samah Sabawi responded to Nadia Hijab's Policy Brief What if Peace Talks "Succeed"? They reflected on Hijab's recommendations and offered other strategies for consideration by Palestinians and their supporters in order to achieve Palestinian rights.
