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Nadim Bawalsa

Nadim Bawalsa is Al-Shabaka’s Commissioning Editor. He is a historian of modern Palestine and has written on the emergence of Palestinian diaspora communities across Latin America in the early twentieth century. His work appeared in the Jerusalem Quarterly, the Journal of Palestine Studies, and NACLA Report on the Americas. He earned a joint doctorate in History and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies from New York University in 2017, and a Master’s in Arab Studies from Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in 2010. In 2019-2020, he completed a PARC-NEH fellowship in Palestine related to his forthcoming book, Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of Return before 1948.  


Policy Lab

Assessing Palestine’s Future: Economy, Security, and Beyond

May 9, 2022

What does Palestine’s future look like, and how would different political scenarios affect various sectors of Palestinian society?

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Policy Lab

Shifting the Narrative on Palestine in 2022 and Beyond

January 25, 2022

From the COVID-19 pandemic to the Black Lives Matter movement, events that have unfolded on the global stage have impacted our realities over the past two years. Today, the Palestinian struggle exists in a world of greater connectivity, one where movements for justice are transcending state structures and institutions, recognizing the pervasiveness and interconnectedness of…

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Policy Lab

Lawfare and Palestine: Strategies for Resisting Criminalization

December 9, 2021

Israel’s recent criminalization of six Palestinian human rights organizations has sparked global outcry. But this tactic fits into a global trend of lawfare led by right-wing and conservative governments, including in the US and Europe, against activists and grassroots organizers. it must be actively resisted politically and legally. On the anniversary of the First Intifada,…

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Policy Lab

Exposing Colonial Peace-Building from Palestine to Ireland

October 20, 2021

The frameworks of peace-building in Palestine and Ireland are profoundly problematic in the context of continued colonization. Over the last few years, western donors and policymakers have been reviving peace-building in Palestine through people-to-people projects.

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Policy Lab

The Unity Intifada: Any Role for the PLO?

July 29, 2021

The visible absence of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from the ongoing Unity Intifada has led many to question the organization’s legitimacy and relevance. Do Palestinians still need the PLO? If so, why? These questions come as Al-Shabaka publishes a critical study, “Reviving a Palestinian Power: The Diaspora and the Diplomatic Corps,” conducted by four of…

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Meet Al-Shabaka’s New Board Member, Aline Batarseh

July 14, 2021

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.…

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Policy Lab

Ongoing Nakba: Sheikh Jarrah, Gaza, and Historic Palestine

May 19, 2021

The dramatic events that have taken place the last few weeks in Gaza, Jerusalem, and across historic Palestine have been unfolding as Palestinians commemorate the 74th year of the Nakba on May 15. How do the recent assaults on Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza, and across historic Palestine reflect the structural realities of Israel’s military occupation…

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Policy Lab

The Palestinian Economy: Dependency Under Occupation

April 14, 2021

As the Palestinian general elections fast approach, many are wondering whether new leadership would create opportunities for self-determined Palestinian economic development. But with Israel’s ongoing siege, occupation, and fragmentation of Palestinians, and the COVID-19 pandemic crippling the Palestinian leadership’s ability to meet people’s most basic needs, can Palestinians really anticipate significant changes to their daily…

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Policy Lab

The Palestinian Elections: Real Change or Reality Check?

March 11, 2021

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are bracing for the first general elections to take place in 15 years, while the Palestinian Authority seeks to renew its legitimacy amid shifting regional and global realities. Who are the leaders and political bodies Palestinians will be voting for? How are these elections affected by regional and…

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