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الموقع تحت الإنشاء

النسخة التجريبية من موقع النهضة العربية (أرض)

The Global Network on the Question of Palestine

As an integral part of the program, ARDD established the Global Network for the Question of Palestine (GNQP), under the patronage of HRH Prince Hassan. The network comprises an expanding group of renowned Palestinian, regional, and international experts, senior and youth leaders, and organizations concerned with the Question of Palestine. The GNQP provides a forum for members to inject much-needed innovative and critical thinking into the discourse concerning Palestine and Palestinians, influence key decision-makers and other change agents, and in the process enable important stakeholders, such as youth and civil society in the region, to take part in this effort. Particularly, the GNQP intends to fill the void left by the decline of general interest around the Palestinian (refugee) question in the realm of the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and related “track two” discussions, and reignite relevant, fact-based, and principled discussions leading from the human dimension of the conflict (the Palestinian people and the refugees, and their unmet rights). Through ARDD, the GNQP produces statements and policy briefs on pressing issues, conducts analysis and explores opportunities to advance knowledge and collective action on the Question of Palestine, with an emphasis on regional ownership of the various initiatives. By the end of 2022, the Network’s membership exceeded 100 individuals and organizations.

Senior Advisors

Mahdi ABDUL-HADI
Palestine
Chairman of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)
Yasin ABU-AWWAD
Jordan
Former Director General, Department of Palestinian Affairs, Government of Jordan
Reem ABU-HASSAN
Jordan
Former Minister of Social Development
Salman ABU-SITTA
Kuwait
Founder of Palestine Land Society
Karen ABUZAYD
USA
Former UNRWA Commissioner-General
Oraib AL-RANTAWI
Jordan
Director-General, Al Quds Center for Political Studies
Lamis ANDONI
Qatar
Independent journalist covering the Middle East for three decades
Hanan ASHRAWI
Palestine
Former Member of the PLO Executive Committee
Gertraud AUER BOREA D’OLMO
Austria
Secretary-General, Kreisky Forum for Internatonal Dialogue
Sam BAHOUR
Palestine
Writer, Businessman and Activist
Richard FALK
USA
Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University
Ghada KARMI
Palestinian-born academic, physician and author
Palestinian-born academic, physician and author
Anis KASSIM
Jordan
International Lawyer and Founder of The Palestine Yearbook of International Law
Michael LYNK
Canada
Associate Professor in Law, University of Western Ontario, former UN SRoPt
Rania Madi
Switzerland
International Lawyer, Independent Expert, IOM
Camille MANSOUR
France
Secretary-general of Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) Board of Trustees
Yusuf MANSUR
Jordan
Former Minister of State for Economic Affairs
Nur MASALHA
Palestine/UK
Former Director of the Centre for Religion and History at St. Mary's University, Twickenham; currently a member of the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London
Luisa MORGANTINI
Italy
Former member of the European Parliament, prominent member of the Italian peace movement
Nicholas MORRIS
UK
Former UNHCR Special Envoy and long-term staff member
Hassan NAFAA
Egypt
Professor of Political Science, Cairo University
Radhouane NOUICER
Tunisia
International Consultant: asylum and migration, former long-term UNHCR senior staff member
John QUIGLEY
USA
Professor of Law at the Ohio State University
Rosemary SAYIGH
Cyprus/ Lebanon
Anthropologist and Oral Historian
Salim TAMARI
Palestine/USA
Professor of Sociology at Birzeit University and an adjunct professor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University
Elia ZUREIK
Canada
Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Queen's University, Canada

Experts

Feda ABDELHADY-NASSER
USA/Palestine
Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations
Mjiriam ABU SAMRA
Jordan/Italy
Senior Research Officer at Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD)
Rami ADWAN
Jordan
Resident Representative of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
Susan AKRAM
USA
Professor of Law at Boston University
Ahmed AL-ASHQAR
Palestine
Judge in the Criminal Court Authority of Ramallah
Jalal AL-HUSSEINI
Jordan
Senior researcher, Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO)
Njimeh ALI
New Zealand
Political and Academic Activist with a background in Political Science and Sociology at the University of Otago
Hania ASSALI
USA
Freelance consultant and researcher, former corporate lawyer and in-house counsel, former staff of the PLO Negotiations Support Unit
Jamal ATAMNEH
Palestine
Practitioner
Hasan AYOUB
Palestine
Assistant Professor in Political Science at An-Najah National University
Ramzy BAROUD
USA
Journalist, media consultant, author, columnist, editor of Palestine Chronicle
Jinan BASTAKI
UAE
Associate Professor of International Law at the United Arab Emirates University
Kjersti BERG
Norway
Post-doctoral Fellow at Chr. Michelsen Institute
Riccardo BOCCO
Switzerland
Professor of Political Sociology at the Anthropology and Sociology Department of the IHEID in Geneva
Terry BOULLATA
Palestine
Cultural Activist in East Jerusalem
Rex BRYNEN
Canada
Professor of Political Science at McGill University
Diana BUTTU
Canada/Palestine
Lawyer, Former Legal Advisor to Negotiation Support Unit of PA
Dawn CHATTY
UK
Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Forced Migration at Oxford University
Emilio DABED
Canada
Adjunct Professor of Law, York University
Raja DEEB
Netherlands
Founder and Director of Aidoun, Syria
Mick DUMPER
UK
Professor in Middle East Politics at Exeter University
Oroub EL-ABED
Jordan
Researcher at the Centre for Lebanese Studies
Lena EL-MALAK
Canada
Corporate lawyer, former legal and development consultant, expert on Palestinian reparations
Zaid EYADAT
Jordan
Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies, Jordan
Randa FARAH
Canada
Professor of Anthropology, Western University, Ontario
Nell GABIAM
USA
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Iowa State University
Rania HAMMAD
Italy
Former adjunct professor in International Relations, published author and activist
Sari HANAFI
Lebanon
Professor of Sociology at American University Beirut
Yara HAWARI
Palestine
Senior Palestine Policy Fellow of Al-Shabaka
Anne IRFAN
UK
Lecturer, University College London
Ardi IMSEIS
Canada
Assistant Professor of Law at Queen’s University
Ala JARADAT
Palestine
Director of Institute for Palestine, Ramallah Branch
Victor KATTAN
UK
Senior Research Fellow, Nottingham University
Jo KELCEY
Lebanon
Independent researcher, specialist on UNRWA and in particular the agency’s education program
Asem KHALIL
Palestine
Professor of Law at Birzeit University
Rami KHOURI
Lebanon
Director of Global Engagement and adjunct professor of journalism at the American University of Beirut (AUB)
Daoud KUTTAB
Jordan
Journalist and Activist
Manal KORTAM
Lebanon
Development Specialist and Mediator/ Human Rights Activist
Myriam MARCUELLO-LOPEZ
France
Senior Advisor, ARDD
Sami MIARI
Palestine/US
Lecturer at the Department of Labor Studies in Tel-Aviv University
Rania MUHAREB
Palestine/ Ireland
Irish Research Council and Hardiman PhD scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, at the National University of Ireland, Galway
Samar MUHAREB
Jordan
Co-founder and CEO of Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD)
Munir NUSEIBAH
Palestine
Assistant Professor of Law, Director of Human Rights Clinic and Community Action Centre, Al Quds University
Mutaz QAFISHEH
Palestine
Professor of International Law at Hebron University, College of Law and Political Science
Mouin RABBANI
Netherlands
Political Analyst/ Co-Editor of Jadaliyya
Terry REMPEL
Canada
Independent scholar
Sara ROY
USA
Senior Research Scholar, Harvard Centre for Middle East Studies
Ruba SALIH
United Kingdom
Professor in Gender Studies, SOAS University of London
Joseph SCHECHLA
Egypt
Coordinator, Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition
Nadim SHEHADI
Lebanon
Executive Director of the LAU New York Headquarters and Academic Center
Jaber SULEIMAN
Lebanon
Founder and Director of Aidoun, Lebanon
Lex TAKKENBERG
Austria
ARDD Senior Policy Advisor, former long-term (senior) staff member of UNRWA
Mandy TURNER
UK
Professor of Conflict, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, Manchester University
Ralph WILDE
UK
Academic and expert in public international law, faculty member at University College London

Youth leaders

Iman ABU ZUEITER
Sweden
Project Coordinator, Law for Palestine
Ihsan ADEL
Sweden
Founder and Director, Law for Palestine
Issam ADWAN
Gaza
Gaza Project Manager, We Are Not Numbers
Ghada ALRAYAN
Switzerland
Coordinator, Law for Palestine
Musaab BALCHI
USA
MENA Real-Time Information Analyst at Dataminr
Dalaal Jaber
USA
Palestinian-American lawyer and activist, Research Fellow, Law for Palestine
Sara TROIAN
Italy
Research Officer, ARDD

Institutions

AIDOUN LEBANON
Lebanon
AIDOUN SYRIA
Syria/ Netherlands
AL-HAQ
Palestine
EUROPEAN LEGAL SUPPORT CENTRE
Netherlands
INSTITUTE FOR PALESTINE STUDIES
France
JADALIYYA
Netherlands
LAW FOR PALESTINE
Turkey
PALESTINE RETURN CENTRE
UK
THE RIGHTS FORUM
Netherlands
VISUALIZING PALESTINE
USA

Observers

Francesca ALBANESE
Italy
UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Territories Occupied by Israel since 1967
Roula EL-RIFAI
Canada
Governance and Civil Society Expert
Damian LILLY
UK
Independent protection expert, former Chief of Protection Division UNRWA
Karma NABOULSI
UK
Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Oxford University

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