Mariam Barghouti is a Palestinian writer, researcher, and political commentator based in Ramallah. Her research focuses on intra-Palestinian and intra-Israeli power dynamics as well as gender dynamics in Palestine. Her political commentary has been featured in Al Jazeera English, Huffington Post, The New York Times amongst others. Her journalistic bylines include Middle East Eye, OpenDemocracy, The Intercept, Al Jazeera English. She is also a lecturer of Sociology at the Arab American University in Palestine.
Dr. Yara Hawari is a Palestinian writer, academic and political commentator. She is currently the Senior Palestine Policy Fellow of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. She completed her PhD in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter, where she taught various undergraduate courses and continues to be an honorary research fellow. In addition to her academic work which focused on indigenous studies and oral history, she is also a frequent political commentator, writing for various media outlets including The Guardian, Foreign Policy and Al Jazeera English.
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