Leila Farsakh
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Leila Farsakh is a Palestinian Muslim who was born in Jordan and is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts Boston.[1] Her area of expertise is Middle East Politics, Comparative Politics, and the Politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Dr. Farsakh holds a M.Phil. from Cambridge University, UK. (1990) and a Ph.D. from the University of London (2003).[1]
Farsakh conducted post-doctoral research at Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and is also a research affiliate at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]
She has worked with a number of organizations, including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris (1993 - 1996) and the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute in Ramallah (1998 - 1999).[2]
In 2001 she won the Peace and Justice Award from the Cambridge Peace Commission in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]
Farsakh has written extensively on issues related to the Palestinian economy and the Oslo Process, international migration and regional integration.
Interview
- The Deteriorating Political Economy of Palestine A video interview with Leila Farsakh, interview conducted by Saul Landau on "Hot Talk" radio Cal Poly Pomona, March 15, 2004.
Published works
Leila Farsakh Biographical Note
Books (partial list):
- Palestinian Labour Migration to Isreal: Labour, Land, and Occupation (2005). Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom. ISBN 0415333563.
- North African Labour Flows and the Euro-Med partnership (1999). Part of the series: Europe and the South in the 21th century : Challenges for Renewed Cooperation. Paris : EADI.
- Palestinian Employment in Israel: 1967-1997 (1998). Ramallah.
Articles (partial list):
- A Legacy of Promise for Muslims, the Boston Globe, co-authored with Elora Chowdhury, 11 September 2007. *with others: Statement: One country, one state 9 July 2007, Electronic Intifada
- Time for a Bi-National State, March 2007 Le Monde diplomatique
- also published in: Israel-Palestine: Time for a bi-national state, 20 March 2007 Electronic Intifada
- Independence, Cantons, or Bantustans: Whither the Palestinian State?[1] vol.59, no.2, Spring 2005, Middle East Journal
- Israel: An Apartheid State? November 2003, Le Monde diplomatique
- Palestinian Labor Flows to Israel: A Finished Story?[2] issue 125, Autumn 2002, Journal of Palestine Studies,
- The Palestinian economy and the Oslo “Peace Process", the Trans-Arab Research Institute, 2001
- Economic Viability of a Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Is it Possible without Territorial Integrity and Sovereignty?, MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies, May 2001
- Under Siege: Closure, Separation and the Palestinian Economy 217 - Winter 2000, MERIP
Public Lectures
- Notes on Analogy: Israel and Apartheid, at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, 16 March 2007.
- Beyond Apartheid in Israel/Palestine: The Reality on the Ground & Lessons from South Africa, at Northeastern University in Boston, 19 November 2006.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "UMass Boston Political Scientist Focuses on a New Civic Blueprint for Jerusalem". University of Massachusetts Boston. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
- ^ a b "Political Science Faculty". University of Massachusetts Boston. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
- ^ Matt Horton (March 2007). "Waging Peace". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
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