The Global Network for the Question of Palestine

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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.

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The GNQP Members List

Senior Advisors

Anis Kassim
Jordan
International Lawyer and Founder
The Palestine Yearbook of International Law
Camille Mansour
France
Secretary-general and Board of Trustees
Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS)
Charles Petrie
Paris
Human Securities Consultant
Fateh Azzam
USA
Senior Fellow at Carr Center and Affiliate at Middle East Initiative
Gertraud Auer Borea D’olmo
Austria
Secretary-General
Kreisky Forum for Internatonal Dialogue
Ghada Karmi
UK
Palestinian-born academic, physician and author
Hanan ASHRAWI
Palestine
Former Member
PLO Executive Committee
Hassan Nafaa
Egypt
Professor of Political Science
Cairo University
Issam Younis
Gaza
Director
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza
John Duggard
UK
South African lawyer, specialized in international law and human rights law, Professor Emeritus at the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Leiden
John Quigley
USA
Professor of Law
Ohio State University
Karen Abuzayd
USA
Former UNRWA Commissioner-General
UNWRA
Lamis Andoni
Qatar
Independent journalist covering the Middle East for three decades
Luisa Morgantini
Italy
Former member of the European Parliament, prominent member of the Italian peace movement
Italian Peace Movement
Marwan Muasher
USA and Lebanon
Vice President for Studies
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Michael Lynk
Canada
Associate Professor in Law and former UN SRoPt
University of Western Ontario
Nicholas Morris
UK
Former UNHCR Special Envoy and long-term staff member
Nur Masalha
Palestine and 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
Omar Razzaz
USA
Emirates Leadership Initiative Senior Fellow
Middle East Initiative
Oraib Al-Rantawi
Jordan
Director-General
Al Quds Center for Political Studies
Radhouane Nouicer
Tunisia
International Consultant on asylum and migration and former long-term UNHCR senior staff member
Rami Khouri
Independent journalist
Rania Madi
Switzerland
International Lawyer and Independent Expert
IOM
Reem Abu-Hassan
Jordan
Former Minister of Social Development
Richard Falk
USA
Professor Emeritus of International Law
Princeton University
Rosemary Sayigh
Cyprus/ Lebanon
Anthropologist and Oral Historian
Salim Tamari
Palestine & USA
Professor of Sociology and an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Birzeit University and Georgetown University
Salman Abu-Sitta
Kuwait
Founder
Palestine Land Society
Sam Bahour
Palestine
Writer, Businessman and Activist
Samir Abed-Rabbo
UK
Author
Cambridge Centre for Palestine Studies
Yasin Abu-Awwad
Jordan
Former Director General, Department of Palestinian Affairs, Government of Jordan
Yusuf Mansur
Jordan
Former Minister of State for Economic Affairs

Experts

Ahmed Al-Ashqar
Palestine
Judge
Criminal Court Authority of Ramallah
Ahmed Beshtawi
Palestine
Assistant Professor of International Law
An-Najah University, Nablus
Ala Jaradat
Palestine
Director
Institute for Palestine, Ramallah Branch
Anne Irfan
UK
Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies
University College London
Ardi Imseis
Canada
Assistant Professor of Law
Queen’s University
Asem Khalil
Palestine
Professor of Law
Birzeit University
Belal Shobaki
Palestine
Head of the Department of Political Science at Hebron University and Policy Member at the Plaestinian Policy Network
Daoud Kuttab
Jordan
Journalist and Activist
Dawn Chatty
UK
Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Forced Migration
Oxford University
Diana Buttu
Canada and Palestine
Lawyer and Former Legal Advisor to Negotiation Support Unit of PA
Emilio Dabed
Canada
Adjunct Professor of Law
York University
Feda Abdelhady-Nasser
USA and Palestine
Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine
United Nations
Hania Assali
USA
Freelance consultant and researcher, former corporate lawyer and in-house counsel, former staff of the PLO Negotiations Support Unit
Hasan Ayoub
Palestine
Assistant Professor in Political Science
An-Najah National University
Ihsan Adel
Sweden
Founder and Director
Law for Palestine
Jaber Suleiman
Lebanon
Founder and Director
Aidoun, Lebanon
Jalal Al-Husseini
Jordan
Senior Researcher
Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO)
Jamal Atamneh
Palestine
Independent Consultant on Humanitarian Affairs
Jinan Bastaki
UAE
Associate Professor of International Law
New York University Abu Dhabi
Jo Kelcey
Lebanon
Independent researcher, specialist on UNRWA and in particular the agency’s education program
Centre for Lebanese Studies
Joseph Schechla
Egypt
Coordinator
Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition
Khaled Elgindy
USA
Visiting Scholar
Georgetown University
Kjersti Berg
Norway
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chr. Michelsen Institute
Lena El-Malak
Canada
Corporate lawyer, former legal and development consultant, expert on Palestinian reparations
Lex Takkenberg
Austria
ARDD Senior Policy Advisor, former long-term (senior) staff member of UNRWA
Manal Kortam
Lebanon
Development Specialist and Mediator/ Human Rights Activist
Mandy Turner
UK
Professor of Conflict, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs
University of Manchester
Mick Dumper
UK
Professor in Middle East Politics
Exeter University
Mjiriam Abu Samra
Jordan
Senior Researcher and Coordinator, and Marie Curie Post-Doc Fellow
ARDD, and UC Davis and University of Venice Ca' Foscari
Mouin Rabbani
The Netherlands
Political Analyst/ Co-Editor
Jadaliyya
Mounir Marjieh
Palestine
International Advocacy Coordinator
Al Quds University
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
Hebron University, College of Law and Political Science
Myriam Marcuello-Lopez
Netherlands
Coordinator of the Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes
International Federations for Human Rights (FIDH)
Nadim Shehadi
Lebanon
Executive Director
LAU New York Headquarters and Academic Center
Nell Gabiam
USA
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Iowa State University
Njimeh Ali
New Zealand
Political and Academic Activist with a background in Political Science and Sociology
University of Otago
Oroub El-Abed
Jordan
Researcher
Centre for Lebanese Studies
Raja Deeb
the Netherlands
Founder and Director
Aidoun, Syria
Ralph Wilde
UK
Academic and Expert in Public International Law, Faculty Member
University College London
Rama Sahtout
UK
Lecturer in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at University of Exter and Fellow at Refugee Law Initiative
Rami Adwan
Jordan
Resident Representative
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
Ramzy Baroud
USA
Journalist, media consultant, author, columnist, editor
Palestine Chronicle
Randa Farah
Canada
Professor of Anthropology
Western University, Ontario
Rania Hammad
Italy
Former adjunct professor in International Relations, published author and activist
Rania Muhareb
Palestine and United States
Palestine Health and Human Rights Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard University
Rex Brynen
Canada
Professor of Political Science
McGill University
Riccardo Bocco
Switzerland
"Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology at the Anthropology and Sociology Department"
IHEID in Geneva
Ruba Salih
Italy
Professor of Anthropology
University of Bologna
Samar Muhareb
Jordan
Co-founder and CEO
Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD)
Sami Miari
Palestine and US
Lecturer at the Department of Labor Studies
Tel Aviv University
Sara Roy
USA
Research Associate
Harvard Centre for Middle East Studies
Sari Hanafi
Lebanon
Professor of Sociology
American University Beirut
Saul Takahashi
Japan
Professor of Human Rights and Peace Studies
Osaka Jogakuin University, in Osaka, Japan
Shahd Hammouri
UK
Lecturer in International Law and International Legal Consultant
University of Kent
Susan Akram
USA
Professor of Law
Boston University
Taghreed El-Khodary
Netherlands
Palestinian Journalist and Producer, Visiting Scholar
Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment
Tariq Dana
Qatar
Associate Professor and the Head of the Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Terry Boullata
Palestine
Cultural Activist in Jerusalem
Terry Rempel
Canada
Independent Scholar
Victor Kattan
UK
Assistant Professor in International Law
Nottingham University
Viola Raheb
Austria
Communication and Projects
PRO ORIENTE Church Foundation
Yara Hawari
Palestine
Senior Palestine Policy Fellow
Al-Shabaka
Zaid Eyadat
Jordan
Dr. Zaid Eyadat is Senior Associate Fellow – RUSI, Chairman of the board of trustees at ARDD
Sara Troian
Ireland
Researcher and Hume PhD Candidate
ARDD and Maynooth University

Junior Leaders

Dalaal Jaber
USA
Palestinian-American lawyer and activist, Research Fellow
Law for Palestine
Ghada Al Rayan
Switzerland
Coordinator
Law for Palestine
Iman Abu Zueiter
Sweden
Project Coordinator
Law for Palestine
Issam Adwan
Palestine
Journalist
Associated Press News
Musaab Balchi
USA
MENA Real-Time Information Analyst
Dataminr

Observers

Damian Lilly
UK
Independent protection expert, former Chief of Protection Division at UNRWA
Francesca Albanese
Italy
"UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967"
Georgetown University
Karma Naboulsi
UK
Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations
Oxford University
Roula El-Rifai
Canada
Governance and Civil Society Expert
International Development Research Center

Organizations

Al Mezan Human Rights Center
Palestine
Aidoun Lebanon
Lebanon
Aidoun Syria
Syria and the Netherlands
Al-Haq
Palestine
European Legal Support Centre
Netherlands
Institute For Palestine Studies
France
Jadaliyya
Netherlands
Law for Palestine
Germany
Palestine Return Centre
UK
The Rights Forum
Netherlands
Visualizing Palestine
USA

In Gratitude and Remembrance

Dries Van Agt
The Netherlands
Former Prime Minister and Founder (of the Rights Forum)
The Rights Forum
Elia Zureik
Canada
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Queen's University
Mahdi Abdul-Hadi
Palestine
Chairman
"Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)"
Ingrid Jaradat
Co-founder
BADIL and BDS National Coalition