In this policy lab, Ihab Maharmeh and Ahmed Abu Ziad join us with facilitator Fathi Nimer to discuss the past, present, and future of the student movement in Palestine.
This policy lab is only available in Arabic, and may be viewed here.
Ihab Maharmeh is a researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and a PhD candidate at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex. He is a member of the editorial boards of Siyasat Arabiya and Hikama. He holds an MA in International Studies from Birzeit University’s Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute, a BA in Public Administration from the same institution, and an MA in Public Policy and International Cooperation from the Doha Institute. His research focuses on settler colonialism, forced displacement, Palestinian labor in the settler economy, and artificial intelligence.
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 of DecolonizePalestine.com, a knowledge repository for the Palestinian question. Fathi’s research revolves around political economy and contentious politics. His current focus is on food sovereignty, agroecology, and the resistance economy in Palestine.
