Fathi Nimer is Al-Shabaka's Palestine policy fellow. He previously worked as a research associate with the Arab World for Research and Development, a teaching fellow at Birzeit University, and a program officer with the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies. Fathi holds a master's degree in political science from Heidelberg University and is the co-founder…

Hanan Husein is Al-Shabaka’s Member and Communications Coordinator. Hanan holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. She has worked for a number of different civil society organizations across Palestine in programs, fundraising, and communications. Throughout her career, she has worked in different research capacities in subjects related to development and…

Sainatee Suarez is Al Shabaka’s Finance and Administration Officer. They have undergraduate degrees in music performance and anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and CUNY Brooklyn College, and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. They continued their learning in nonprofit bookkeeping at Baruch College and are forever a student of the martial arts. 

Nada Elia teaches ethnic and cultural Studies at Western Washington University. She is the author of Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine (Pluto, 2023), and has contributed chapters to numerous anthologies, including The Case for Sanctions Against Israel (Haymarket, 2020).

Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, where he also directs MEI’s Program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. He is the author of the newly-released book, Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump, published by Brookings Institution Press in April 2019. 

Ahmed Omar is an analyst specializing in international politics. He has extensive experience in researching conflicts in Palestine and the broader Middle East, and producing policy recommendations for governments, businesses, and INGOs. 

Tariq Kenney-Shawa is Al-Shabaka's US Policy Fellow. He holds a Masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelors degree in Political Science and Middle East Studies from Rutgers University. Tariq's research has focused on a range of topics, from the role of narrative in both perpetuating and resisting occupation to analysis of…

Ghada Majadli is a human rights activist and the director of the department of The Occupied Palestinian Territory at Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI). She holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Transitional Justice from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her work focuses on policy and humanitarian work in Palestine, with special attention…

Rabea Eghbariah is an attorney completing his doctoral studies at Harvard Law School. He worked as an appellate public defender and later joined the Haifa-based Adalah Legal Center, where he continues to argue Palestinian civil and political rights cases. Rabea published on various subjects relating to Palestinians and Israeli law, including the censorship of online…

Osama Risheq has served as a Legal Supervisor at Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic in Al-Quds University since 2009. He holds a BA in Public Law from Mohammad I University in Morocco, and an L.L.M in International Law with International Relations from Kent University in the UK. Currently, Risheq is a PhD candidate in International Criminal…