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PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

GAZA UNDER HAMAS: Beyond Elections and Governance (New Edition)
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
ISBN: 9780755634392

GAZA UNDER HAMAS: From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance
London: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2017.
ISBN: 9781784537777

RUNNER-UP FOR BRISMES BKFS BOOK PRIZE 2018.

WINNER OF PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS 2017.

NAMED TOP TITLE BY PALESTINEBOOKSDOTNET.

Reviewed in Medium Online Platform, 17 April 2020.

Reviewed in Gulf Daily News, 30 November 2018.

Reviewed in Jewish News in Times of Israel, 18 May 2018.

Reviewed in Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 47, no. 2, 2018.

Reviewed in Middle East Policy, vol. 24, no. 4, 2017.

Reviewed in Journal of Islamic Studies, vol. 28, no. 4, 2017.

Reviewed in al-Mustaqil al-Harbi, vol. 458, no. 39, 2017.

Reviewed in Middle East Monitor, 26 November 2017.

Reviewed in Israel Book Review, 16 September 2017.

Reviewed in The Times Literary Supplement, 18 August 2017.

Reviewed in Choice Magazine, vol. 54, no. 12, 2017.

Reviewed in Perspectives on Terrorism, vol. 11, no. 1, 2017.

Reviewed in Middle East Monitor, 20 March 2017.

Available in libraries worldwide including:

New York – United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library

Geneva – United Nations Archives and Library

 

 

ARTICLES

“New-old actor returns to the Eastern Mediterranean: Reflections on current tensions and regional implications”
Journal of the Royal Society for Naval Sciences, vol. 183, no. 3, 2020.

“The killing of human rights activist Vittorio Arrigoni: A result of the unsustainable situation reigning in the Gaza Strip”
Palestine-Israel Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 2018.

“The deradicalisation of Islamists by Islamists: Hamas’s kid-glove approach to Salafi-Jihadists in the Gaza Strip 2010-2015”
Strategic Assessment, vol. 20, no. 1, 2017.

“Le Hamas et le monde: La politique étrangère du mouvement islamiste palestinien, par Leïla SEURAT”
Mediterranean Politics, vol. 22, no. 2, 2017.

“Widening divide between Hamas and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood”
Response Magazine (September) 2017.

“Worrying developments in Jerusalem – background and analysis”
Swedish Defence University Online, 7 August 2017.

“How Hamas in Gaza counters violent extremism beyond its own ideology”
Middle East and Islamic Studies Association, Conference paper, 2017.

“Israel pressed for concessions in Trump’s new Middle East strategy”
Human Security (June) 2017.

“Contours starting to appear of a new US policy in the MENA region”
Swedish Defence University Online, 1 June 2017.

“Salafi-Jihadism in Gaza and the killing of activist Vittorio Arrigoni”
Journal of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs (March) 2017.

“Islamism: Hamas in Gaza has been both authoritarian and pragmatic”
Human Security (February) 2017.

“Dispute resolution in Palestinian courts: Sulha as a reason for mitigation”
Journal of the Swedish Bar Association, vol. 82, no. 6, 2016.

“Jordan’s IS fighters – products of a flawed educational system”
Journal of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs (November) 2016.

“France wants to restart stalled Middle East peace process”
Journal of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs (July) 2016.

“Palestinian succession: Without a crown prince Palestine can fall”
Journal of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs, (April) 2016.

“Palestinian succession: What happens when Abbas leaves?”
Journal of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs, (April) 2016.

“Murderer or Mandela? Barghouti on his way to the top in Palestine”
Human Security, (February) 2016.

“Palestinian ethnonationalism in Israel, by Oded Haklai”
Mediterranean Politics, vol. 20, no. 3, 2015.

“Intifada or not – severe spiral of violence between Israelis and Palestinians”
Human Security, (October) 2015.

“Is the Islamic State about to establish a presence in the Gaza Strip?”
Human Security, (June) 2015.

“Mapping the political landscape in Israel prior to the elections”
Swedish Defence University Online, 16 March 2015.

“All time low in the Gaza Strip: Lost spring for young fighters of democracy” 
NEO Magazine, No. 2, 2012.

“The Fatah-Hamas rift: Context and future direction” 
International Society of Military Sciences, Conference Paper, 2010.