Director of Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Centre, Shaml.

Duties: administration of Shaml; coordinating of 6 research programs; fundraising of 15 projects; team leader of the research program “Sociology of the Palestinian Return Migration”

10/2000-1/ 2005

Associated Researcher at Muwatin (the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy) conducting two researches:

Team leader of  Research project: ‘Donors, International organization and Local NGOs: Agenda Setting and Networking’

Participant of the joint project involving Muwatin and CMI (Bergen- Norway) to examine the Impact of Rent-Seeking and Corruption on State Formation in Palestine during the Oslo Interim Period. The three year project employed three external consultants and seven Palestinian economists and sociologists to produce a comprehensive edited volume on state formation in Palestine. 

1/1998 – 2001

Senior Researcher at the Centre d'études et de documentation économique juridique et sociale in Cairo (CEDEJ) (French research center)

Duties: coordinator of two research programs: ‘Economic Sociology of the Palestinian Diaspora’ and ‘NGOs in the Arab World’.

10/1998- 9/2000

Senior Researcher at Welfare Association in Jerusalem, coordinator of a survey and database on donors assistance to the Palestinian NGOs.

5/1998- 11/1998

Senior Researcher at the Centre d'études et de documentation économique juridique et sociale in Cairo (CEDEJ), team leader of the research program "Palestinian Economy in the Diaspora".

2/1995- 9/1997

Associated Researcher at GREMO (Groupe de Recherches et d'Etudes sur le Moyen-Orient), Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen - CNRS, Lyon, France.

2/1991-6/1994

Researcher in the Social Research Center in Damascus. Participation in the fieldworks and analysis of a research project on rural development.

8/1984-9/1986

(With Are Knudsen, May Jayyusi and Jaber Suleiman) International workshop: “From Exodus to Exile: Palestinian Lives in the Levant”. CMI and Muwatin. Bergen.

7-9 September 2007

(With Mohamed Kamel Dorai) Panel: "New Migrations and Transnational Practices in the Middle East" in Sixth Mediterranean Social and Political Research (MSPR) Meeting. The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy).

16 - 20  March 2005

International Conference: “The Politics of Humanitarianism in the Occupied Territories” at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. (co-organized with Adi Ophir)

20-21 April 2004

International Conference: “Refugee Repatriation Process, Patterns and Mode of Transnationality a Comparative Perspective”, organized by Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center (Shaml) and International Migration, Spaces and Societies (Migrinter) (Poitiers - France). (co-organized with Mohamed Kamel Dorai)

6-8 March 2004

International Conference: “Right of return and resolving Palestinian refugees issue”, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public and International Law, Heidelberg (Germany). (Co-organized with Eyal Benvenisti, Chaim Gans)

11-13 July  2003 ?

Workshop ‘Donors, International NGOs, and Palestinian NGOs: Agendas and Networking’. Muwatin, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy, Ramallah.

27 July 2002

Research Study Group on “Palestinian return migration: Socio-economic and cultural approaches”, The MEAwards Program in Population and Social Sciences and The Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Centre (Shaml), Ramallah.

12-14 June 2001

(Coorganizer with Sarah Ben Néfissa) International Conference “NGOs and Governance in the Arab World” MOST (UNESCO), CEDEJ, IRD, CEPS d'Al Ahram, Cairo.

29-31 March 2000

Panel "Modes de l'entrepreneuriat migrant arabe", Annual Meeting of the AFEMAM, Tours-France.

2-4 July 1999

International Conference “Palestinian expatriate business people”, MOPIC, Ramallah.

7-10 July 1998

(Co-organizer with Eberhard Kinle) Panel “Le capital obéissant ? entrepreneurs et Etats au Proche-Orient”, Annual Meeting of the AFEMAM, Aix-en-Provence- France.

4 July 1996

Consultant for UNICEF, conducting research on “protection of Palestinian refugee child in the region” for the UNRWA conference in Geneva June 2004.

4/2004-5/2004

Consultant for the EU in assessing and evaluation proposals on Democracy, governance and human rights from potential grantees from Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh.    

2003-2004

Consultant for ESCAW, conducting research on “The role of Palestinian expatriates in the socio-economic rehabilitation and development of the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT)”.

2004

Consultant for the Association of Palestinian Policy Research Institutions (Rabita) in Jerusalem. Designing and constitution of the database on Researchers in the field of the Palestinian issues.

7/1998-1/1999

Consultant for the Population Council (Cairo) Survey and database on research on population issues in Palestine.

7/1998-1/1999

Senior adviser and co-founder of PALESTA. PALESTA is a Palestinian Scientists and Technologists Abroad internet-based network, established to harness the scientific and technological knowledge of expatriate professionals for the benefit of development efforts in Palestine). Duties: Assisting in building awareness about PALESTA, Finalizing the design and plan of the database, Assisting in the scientific processing of feedback form expatriate scientists, Coordinating between the Database committee and "feedback managers" committee.

3/1998 - 5/1998

Consultant, Mission for the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation through its Department of Expatriates Affairs- Ramallah, UNDP/TOKTEN Palestinian Program.

11/1997 - 3/1998

Consultant, Feasibility Study of the project entitled “Commercial Development of Historic Beit Sahour, West Bank, PGF Consultants- Canada.

November 1997

Consultant, Royal Dutch Shell Group- Dubai- UAE.

November 1996

Consultant, elaboration of its database on the "Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals (TOKTEN), UNESCO- Paris.

January 1995

(With Eyal Benvenisti and Chaim Gans) (Ed.) Israel and the Palestinian Refugees. Berlin: Springer and Max-Planck Institute. 510p.

2007

(with Linda Taber) Donors, International organizations, local NGOs. Emergence of the Palestinian Globalized Elite. (In Arabic) Ramallah: Muwatin and Institute for Jerusalem Studies.       

2006

(with Linda Taber) Donors, International organizations, local NGOs. Emergence of the Palestinian Globalized Elite. Washington: Palestinian Studies Institute and Ramallah: Muwatin.

2005

(with S. Ben néfissa, N. Abdel Fattah and C. Milani) (Eds.) NGOs and Governance in the Arab World. Issues, Problems and Case Studies. Cairo: American University of Cairo Press.

2005

(with S. Ben néfissa, N. Abdel Fattah and C. Milani) (Eds.) NGOs and Governance in the Arab World. Issues, Problems and Case Studies. (In Arabic) Cairo: Center of Political and Strategic Studies of Al Ahram.

2004

(With Sarah Ben néfissa and Carlos Milani) (Ed.) ONG et gouvernance dans le monde arabe.  Paris: Karthala and CEDEJ.

2004

(ed., with Sarah Bennéfissa) Pouvoir et associations dans le monde arabe, Paris: CNRS.

2002

Hona wa honaq : nahwa tahlil lil ‘alaqa bin al-shatat al-falastini wa al markaz (Here and There: Towards an Analysis of the Relationship between the Palestinian Diaspora and the Center), Ramallah : Muwatin,  Jerusalem : Institute of Jerusalem Studies (distribution Beirut : Institute  of Palestine Studies)

2001

Business Directory of Palestinian in the Diaspora, Jerusalem: Biladi, (In English, French and Arabic).

1998

Entre Deux Mondes. Les hommes d’affaires palestiniens et la construction de l’entité palestinienne, Cairo : CEDEJ.

1997

La Syrie des ingénieurs. Perspective comparée avec l'Egypte, Paris : Karthala.

1997

Bayna ‘alamayn. Rijal al-a’mal al falastiniyyin fi al-shatat wa bina al qayan al falastini (Between Two Worlds: Palestinian Businessmen in the Diaspora and the Construction of a Palestinian Entity), two editions: Cairo, Dar al-Mostaqbal al-arabi, & Ramallah: Muwatin (Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy), January (in Arabic).

1996

2007

(ed.) Palestinian Sociology of Return. London : Pluto Press.

Forthcoming

(With Monique Hirschhorn and Elena Qleibo) Urbanism and Conflict. The Case of Hebron and Bethlehem. Paris: Harmattan. 

Forthcoming

‘Dancing tango during the Peacebuilding: Palestinian- Israeli People to People programs for Conflict Resolution’, Judy Kuriansky (ed) Beyond Bullets & Bombs. Grassroots Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians. Westport, Connecticut, London: Praeger, pp. 69-80.

2007

(with R. Brooks, R. Khamaisi, A. Hidmi & Sh. Wa’ary) “IPCC Survey of Jerusalemite Perceptions of the Impact of the Wall on Everyday Life” . Robert Brooks (Ed.) The Wall. Fragmenting the Palestinian Fabric in Jerusalem.  Jerusalem: International Peace and Cooperation Center, pp.137-151.

2007

“Social capital, transnational kinship and refugee repatriation process: some elements for a Palestinian sociology of return” Rex Brynen and Roula El-Rifai (Eds.) Palestinian Refugees. Challenges of Repatriation and Development.  London: I.B. Tauris/IDRC, pp. 46-78.

2007

“The Sociology of Return: Palestinian Social Capital, Transitional Kinships and the Refugee Repatriation Process” in S. Hanafi E. Benvenisti and C. Gans (eds.) Israel and the Palestinian Refugees. USA: Springer, pp. 3-40.

2007

“Palestinian Refugees, Citizenship and the Nation-State”. Françoise De Bel-Air (Ed.)  Migration et politique au Moyen-Orient. Amman: IFPO, pp. 145-162.

2007

 « revenir dans les territoires : retournees, zones de souveraineté et crise de l’état-nation » Nadine Picaudou & Isabel Rivoal. (eds.) Retours en Palestine. Trajectories, role et expériences des returnees dans la société palestinienne après Oslo. Karthala, pp. 19-45.

2006

(with Linda Taber) "The 'Women and Development' Discourse and Donor Intervention in Palestine". Ulrika Auga and Christina Von Braun (Eds.) Gender in Conflict. Berlin: LIT VERLAG, pp. 199-234.

2006

"Spacio-cide" in Philipp Misselwitz and Tim Rieniets (Eds.) City of Collision. Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism. Birkhäuser- Publishers for Architecture, pp. 93-101.  

2006

"Palestinian return migration. Lessons from the International Refugee Regime" in Michael Dumper (Ed.) Palestinian Refugee Repatriation. Global Perspective. Routledge. Pp. 273-287

2006

"Opening the Debate of the Right of Return" in by Joel Beinin and Rebecca L. Stein (Ed.) The Struggle for Sovereignty Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005. Stanford University Press.

2006

"Finding a Just Solution for Palestinian Refugee Problem. Toward an Extra-territorial Nation-States" in Mahdi Abdul Hadi (Ed.) Palestinian-Israel Impasse. Exploring Alternative Solutions to the Palestine-Israel Conflict. Jerusalem: PASSIA. pp. 187-204

2005

"Spacio-cide and bio-politics: Israeli colonial project. From 1947 to the Wall".  Michael Sorkin (Ed.) Against the Wall. Israel’s Barrier to Peace. New York: The New Press.

2005

"Palestine: the social and political dimension of migration" in Philippe Fargues (Ed.) Mediterranean Migration. 2005 report. Florence: European University Institute. pp.251-261.

2005

"Diaspora with Fragile Center of Gravity: the Virtual Return of the Palestinian Communities", in Lisa Anteby-Yemini, William Berthomière and Gabriel Sheffer (Eds.) Les Diasporas. 2000 ans d'Histoire. Rennes (France): Presses Universitaires de Rennes, pp. 225-245.  

2005

“The impact of Social Capital on the Eventual Repatriation Process of Refugees. Study of Economic and Social Transnational Kinship Networks in Palestine/Israel”, in Ann Lesch and Ian Lustick (eds.) Exile & Return. Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews. University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 57-84.

2005

‘Physical return, Virtual return. Palestinian Communities in Europe and the Homeland’, Abbas Shiblak (ed.) The Palestinian Communities in Europe. Issues of integration. Ramallah: Shaml and Institute for Jerusalem Studies. (In Arabic) 

2005

(with Linda Tabar) “Donor Assistance, Rent-Seeking and Elite Formation.” Inge Amundsen, Mushtaq Husain Khan and George Giacaman (Ed.) State formation in Palestine: viability and governance during a social transformation.  London/N.Y.: Routledge Curzon 250 p.

2004

‘Rethinking the Palestinian abroad as diaspora. The Relationships between the Diaspora and the Palestinian Territories’, in André Levy and Alex Weingrod Diasporas and Holy Lands and Other Places. Standford University Press.

2004

" The Palestinian Diaspora during the Intifada. Right of Return and New Form of Mobilization without Radicalization" in Nitza Nachmias & Rami Goldstein (eds.) The politics of forced migration: A conceptual, operational and legal analysis. Baltimore: Publish America.

2004

“Humanitarian Movement and Humanizing the Political Conflict: the Case of the Second Intifada” in Arab Commission for Human Rights, Relief of Needed People. Paris: Editions Eurabe and Damascus: Al Ahali. (In Arabic)

2004

(With Linda Taber) “The Intifada and the Aid Industry: the Impact of New Liberal Agenda on the Palestinian NGOs” in Yasser Akawi, Gabriel Angelone and Lisa Nessan (Ed.) From Communal Strife to Global Struggle: Justice for the Palestinian People. Jerusalem: AIC.

2004

“Flexible Transnational Survival Practices of Palestinian Transmigrants/Returnees, and Inflexible State Policies: Crafting the Palestinian Extraterritorialized Nation State” in International Organization for Migration and League of Arab States (Ed.) Arab Migration in a Globalized World. Cairo: International Organization for Migration and League of Arab States pp. 299-253.

2004

(with Mohamed Kamel Dorai) “Des réfugiés avant le H.C.R.: les Palestiniens” in Michelle Guillon, Luc Legoux, Emmanuel Ma Mung  L’asile politique dans l’immigration. Paris : L’Harmattan.

2003

‘La diaspora palestinienne à l’heure de l’intifada : Droit de retour et nouvelle forme de mobilisation sans radicalisation’, in Alain Dieckhoff and Remy Leveau (ed.), Israéliens et Palestiniens. La guerre en partage, Paris : Balland, coll. "Voix et regards".

2003

‘Les ONG palestiniennes et les bailleurs de fonds. Quelques éléments sur la formation d'un agenda’ in Sarah Bennéfissa et Sari Hanafi (ed.) Les associations  dans le monde arabe. Pouvoir et politique, Paris: Edition CNRS.

2002

"Dubaï comme Carrefour du trafic humain. La communauté d'affaires palestinienne dans son insertion économique et sa marginalité sociale " in Roland Marchal (ed.), Dubai. Cité globale, Paris: CNRS.

2001

"Penser le rapport diaspora, centre. La contribution de la  diaspora palestinienne à l'économie des Territoires", in Houchan Hassan-Yari (Ed.) Le processus de paix au Moyen-Orient, Paris: Harmattan.

2000

"The Image of Others, between Arabic and French Agendas", in Seteney Shamy & Linda Herrera (ed.), Social Science in Egypt: Emerging Voices, Cairo: AUC. 

1999

"Investment by the Palestinian Diaspora in the manufacturing Sectors of the West Bank and Gaza Strip”, in ESCWA (ed.), Proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting on the Impact of the Peace Process on Selected Sectors, Amman: USCWA, p. 201-26.

1999

"Capital désobéissant? Les hommes d'affaires palestiniens de la diaspora et la construction de l'entité palestinienne", in Riccardo Bocco, Blandine Destremau & Jean Honnoyer (ed.), Palestine, palestiniens. Territoire national, espaces communautaires, (Cahier du CERMOC n 17), Amman: CERMOC.

1997

(with Olivier Sanmartin) " Border Stories : Palestinians in Northern Sinai" in Sari Hanafi, Olivier Sanmartin & Abdel  Qader Yassin (ed.) The Palestinians in Egypt and Northern Sinai, Ramallah: Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center, Shaml (in Arabic). (English version in www.shaml.org)

1996

"Les entrepreneurs palestiniens en Syrie" in Philippe Fargues and Louis Blin (ed.), Economie en Proche-Orient dans une perspective de paix, Paris: Maisonneuve.

1995

"La formation des ingénieurs en Syrie", in E. Longuenesse (ed.), Bâtisseurs et Bureaucrates - ingénieurs et société au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient, Lyon : Maison de l'Orient.

1990

“Coupling Refugees Issues with Land Issue. Spatio-cide and Bio-politics in the Israeli Project” and “Sociology of the Palestinian Return” in S. Hanafi (ed.) Palestinian Sociology of Return. London: Pluto Press. 

Forthcoming

“Kulturelle Differenz oder kulturelle Hegemonie?” (Cultural Differences or Cultural Hegemony?). Polylog. Zeitschrift Für Interkulturelles Philosophieren. Wien (Austria): Institute of Philosophy. No 17, pp. 25-39.

2007

(With Linda Tabar) "The New Palestinian Globalized Elite". Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyah (Arabic Quarterly of the Journal of Palestine Studies). Beirut: Institute  for Palestine Studies. No 67, Summer, pp.73-95. (in Arabic) 

2006

"Vivre dans le camp, vivre ailleurs : Les Palestiniens réfugiés en Egypte et dans les Territoires palestiniens" GEOGRAPHIES. Bulletin de l'Association des Géographes Français. Association de Géographes Français. Paris.

2006

"Spacio-cide and bio-politics: Israeli colonial project. From 1947 to the Wall". Naqd. Revue d'Etudes et de Critique Sociale. No 21, Fall 2005, Alger. (in Arabic)

2006

"Penser les Palestiniens de l'extérieur comme diaspora". De l'Autre Côté. Paris: La fabrique. pp. 42-56.

2006

Reshaping geography: Palestinian community networks in Europe and the new media. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, v31 (3), p581(18).

2005

(With Linda Tabar) "Les ONG Palestiniennes et la Palestine" in Outre-Terre- Revue Française de Géographie, Numéro 13  (Revue trimestrielle), Paris: Université de Marne-la-Vallée.         

2005

"Civil Society in North-South Relations. The Case of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership". ORIENT, (Vol.46, No.3), Germany. 414-428

2005

(avec Linda Tabar) "Le rôle des ONG pendant le deuxième intifada" in Confluences Méditerranée. Paris: l'Harmattan. pp. 41-54.

2005

"Being in Camp, Being Outside. Palestinian Refugees in Egypt and Palestinian Territories". pp. 83-96. Kolor. Journal on Moving Communities. Vol. 5:1. May. Brussels: Foyer and IMMRC.

2005

" Spatio-cide, réfugiés, crise  de l’Etat-Nation. Vers un Etat palestinien Extraterritorialisé ", in Multitudes. No 18, Fall. Paris.

2004

“The Role of the NGOs: Scream if You Want to be Heard” in Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture, vol. 11, no 2. pp. 25-31.

2004

“Rethinking the Palestinians Abroad as a Diaspora: The Relationships Between the Diaspora and the Palestinian Territories”. International Social Science Review (HAGAR), Volume 4 :1-2.

  2003

"L’impact du Capital Social sur le Processus de Rapatriement des Réfugiés.

Une étude préliminaire des réseaux économiques et sociaux de parenté en Palestine et en Israël", in Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales. Poitiers (France): CNRS. Vol. 19: 3.

2003

(with Linda Taber) ‘The Intifada and the Aid Industry. The Impact of the New Liberal Agenda on the Palestinian NGOs’ in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Chicago University Press.

2003

(with Linda Tabar) “Palestinian Human Rights Organizations and the Global Human Rights Agenda”, Palestine Israel Journal. Jerusalem

2003

“ La Diaspora palestinienne et la conversion des capitaux issus de la rente pétrolière" Tiers Monde, Paris, 2001, no 163, p. 623-643.

2001

"The Education of Engineers in Syria", in International Higher Education, The Boston College Center for International Higher Education, no 18, winter.

2000

"‘Mosahamat al-shatat al-falastini di al-istithmarat wa al-musa’adat al’insaniyya fi falastin (Palestinian Diaspora Contribution to Investment and Philanthropy in Palestine", Majalet al Dirassat Al Falastiniyya, no 40, December. (In Arabic)

1999

"Insertion économique et marginalité sociale des Palestiniens aux Emirats arabes", Les cahiers de l'Orient, Paris: CERPO, n 55, 3eme trimestre, p.133-145.

1999

"Contribution de la  diaspora palestinienne à l'économie des Territoires : investissement et philanthropie", in Maghreb-Machrek,  no 161 novembre. (In English: http://www.passia.org/conferences/main_conferences.htm).

1998

"The Ideological Positions of Engineers in Syria" in International Sociology, London, Sage December 1997, Vol 12(4) p.457-473.

1997

‘La mise en cause conjoncturelle de l’Occident dans les discours des ingénieurs syriens et égyptiens’, in Egypte- Monde arabe, Cairo: CEDEJ, no 30-31 2e & 3e trim.

1997

“‘Al falastiniyyen fi soria wa ‘amaliyyet al-salam” (The Palestinian refugees in Syria and the peace process)" in Al Dirassat al Falastiniyya, Beyrouth: Institute for Palestine Studies, n° 28, Autumn, pp. 85-103.. (In Arabic)

1996

(with Olivier Sanmartin) "Histoires de Frontières : les Palestiniens du Nord-Sinaï" in Maghreb-Machrek, Paris, La Documentation française, n° 151 janvier-mars.

1996

"Ingénieurs et ouverture économique en Syrie et en Egypte. Un groupe professionnel en quête d'identité", in Tiers-Monde, Paris, n° 143, July- September.

1995

"Le secteur privé industriel en Syrie" in Cahiers de l'IRMAC, Lyon, Institut de Recherches sur le Monde Arabe Contemporain, n° 3.

1994

“Spacio-cide and bio-politics: Israeli colonial project. From 1947 to the Wall” Al Adab. No. 54 #10-11-12/2006. Beirut: Dar Al Adab. pp. 53-61. (In Arabic)

2006

(with Hossein Shahidi) "In Defense of Enlightenment". Cornerstone. Bethlehem: Sabeel.

2006

"Palestina. Fara dreptul de intoarcere nu exista solutie" lumeam. Romania.

2005

(with Linda Tabar) “NGOs, Elite Formation and the Second Intifada”, Between the Line, Jerusalem, October 2002, Vol. II #18.

2002

 ‘Opening the Debate on the Right of Return’, Washington: Middle East Report, no 222, Spring.

2002

"Riconsiderare i Palestinesi all’estero come oggetto di diaspora”, Nuove Effemeridi. Rassegna trimestrale di cultura, Palermo (Italy), no 53, XIV, 2001/I.

2002

“A Moral Victory in Durban”, Palestine Report, Jerusalem: JMCC, 10 September, Vol. 8:14

2001

“Return: a sacred cow or dialogue”, Palestine Report, Jerusalem: JMCC, 21 November 2001.

2001

"The Palestinian community in the United Arab Emirates. Economic Integration and Social Segregation" in Shaml Newlettre, Ramallah, No 12, July.

1998

"Palestinian Businessmen in the Diaspora: Economic activities & investments in Palestinian territories" in Forum (Newsletter of the Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran & Turkey), Cairo, Vol. III, n° 2, June. (In English et in Arabic)

1996

"L'image de l'Autre: colloque de l'Association arabe de Sociologie", in Maghreb-Machrek, Paris, La Documentation française, n° 140, April-June. (With E. Longuenesse)

1993

“Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon: Laboratory of Islamic Radicalism” al-Akhbar. Beirut, August, 18. (in Arabic)

2007

“Lebanese refugee camps as space of exception” al-hayat. London, August, 12. (in Arabic)

2007

“Lebanese refugee camps as space of exception” Dailystar. Beirut, July 18.

2007

“Academia, Aid and Politics”. Outlook. Beirut: AUB, March 22, p.3.

2007

“The politics of funding”. Al Ahram Weekly, 18 - 24 January, Issue No. 828.

2007

“Why did the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation Withdraw Refugee Conference Funding at the Last Minute?” The Electronic Intifada, 31 January, in http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6475.shtml.

“It Is a War Seeking the Abolition of Territory”. Outlook. Beirut: AUB, issue 4 volume XXXVI, October 31, p.3.

2006

‘Why a 'right of return' is necessary’, Daily Star. Beirut. Thursday, October 07

2004

‘Le mouvement associative in Territoires palestiniens’, Ici et Maintenant, Jérusalem : Consulat de France, novembre.

2002

“A Moral Victory in Durban”, London: Al Quds Al Arabi 11 September and Ramallah: Al Ayyam in 15 September.

2001

 “Right of Return? What about the Right of Opening the subject for Discussion?” London: Al Quds Al Arabi 11 November and Ramallah: Al Ayyam in 9 November. (In Arabic)

2001

‘Ici et là-bas. Vers une analyse de la relation entre la diaspora palestinienne et le centre’, in Ici et Maintenant, Jérusalem : Consulat de France, Septembre 2001.

2001

“The Palestinian refugees between the truth and five illusions”, Al Hayat, London, 17 February. (in Arabic)

2000

 “The Economy of the Palestinians in Israel: a Palestinian economy or an Israeli one?”, Nazareth: Fasl Al Maqal, 23 Mars. (in Arabic)

1999

"Palestiniens de l'exil, réfugiés et hommes d'affaires", Libération, Paris, 25 March.

1995

Report on the ‘Destruction to Palestinian Institutions in Nablus and Other Cities (Except Ramallah), Caused by IDF Forces Between March 29 and April 21.

2002

(With Rema Hammami and Elizabeth Taylor) Destruction of Palestinian Institutions. Preliminary Report. April 13.

2002

“Les modes d’action des ONG palestiniennes. La problématique d’un mouvement social émergent ?”, Working Paper, CEDEJ, Cairo.

2000

“Profile of Donors Assistance to Palestinian NGOs: Survey and Database”, Welfare Association, Jerusalem.

1999

“Social Impact Assessment of Commercial Development of Historic Beit Sahour”, PGF Consultants- Canada.

1998

“Report on the survey and database of research on population issues in Palestine”, Population council, Cairo.

1998

Keynote lecture: “Refugee camps in Lebanon: Laboratories of state-in-the-making, discipline, and Islamist radicalism”. International workshop: “From Exodus to Exile: Palestinian Lives in the Levant”. CMI and Muwatin. Bergen.

September 7-9, 2007

“Remittance Flows to the Palestinian Territory”, International Workshop organized by The Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University.

May 26-27, 2007

“The Emergence of the Globalized Elite”, lecture and signature of my book with L. Tabar The Emergence of the Palestinian Globalized Elite. Donors, International Organizations and Local NGOs. Book Faire, Tripoli.

April 29, 2007

“Civil Society between Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Neighborhood Policies: A View from the South”. First Euro-Mediterranean Youth Meeting. Organized by Euro-Med Non-Governmental Platform. Antilias, Beirut.

April 28, 2007

"Palestinian Refugees camps" in regional workshop on Palestinian Refugees in Arab Region. Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs). Cyprus.

April 1-3, 2007

"Palestinian Refugee Camps: Territory of Exception and Disciplinary Space". Organized by Center for Research on Population and Health - Faculty of Health Sciences. Room 309 - Van Dyck hall.

March 20, 2007

“Spacio-cide and State of Exception in the Israeli Colonial practices”. Brown Bag presentation to Center of Behavioural Research, AUB. 

March 9, 2007

“Palestinian Professional employability in Lebanon”.  International Meeting: Mapping Palestinian Refugee Employment. The Secretariat of the Follow-up Committee for Employability of Palestine Refugees in Lebanon (FCEP) and UNRWA, from 9:00, at the Crown Plaza, Hamra-Beirut. The title of the workshop on March 2, 2007 is:

March 2, 2007

“Spacio-cide and bio-politics: The case of Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”. An international conference Law and Economic Development: Towards Constructive Engagement in the Middle East. Organised by the Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel.

February 22-23, 2007

 « Palestine à l’heure du gouvernement de Hamas ». Plumes Rebelles,

Salon du livre d’Amnesty International France 7e édition, Rennes

February 3, 2007

“The NGOization, neoliberalism and the construction of a globalized elite in Palestine”. International Conference: The Economy and Economics of Palestine: Past, Present and Future.

January 28-29, 2007

« Palestinian Refugee Camps. Disciplinary space, Territory of exception, and Locus of Resistance ». International workshop Nationalisme en Mutation et Espaces en Devenir. Le Cas Palestinien.

January 26-27, 2007

“Remittance Flows to the Palestinian Territory. Figures and Forms”. International Seminar organized by the Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM) on remittances and investments in origin countries of migrants. European University, Florence.

January 22-24, 2007

“Donors Funding to the Research Agenda in the Arab East”. International Workshop: Research Dynamic in the Arab Region. Organized by French Institute of Research on Development (IRD) in the framework of the ESTIME Program (Evaluation of Scientific and Technological capabilities in Mediterranean countries). Lebanese University.

December 7-9, 2007

UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge

“The Social Sciences Research in Palestinian Territories. The Dilemmas of the Production of the Research Outside of the Universities”. Colloquium on Research and Higher Education Policy “Universities as Centers of Research and Knowledge Creation: An Endangered Species?”. Paris: UNESCO.

November 29-December 1, 2006

“Palestinian Refugee Camps: Place out of the Place”. The International Conference on the Palestinian Refugees: Conditions and Recent Developments. Al-Quds University. Jerusalem.

November 25-26, 2007

“Crisis of Development in Palestinian territory and the International Aid System”. International Conference “Development in the Post conflict Areas”, organized Consultative Center for Documentation and Studies, Beirut.

November 15, 2006

“Reshaping Geography: Palestinian Community Networks in Europe and the New Media”. International Conference: Connecting Europe and the Middle East: On Migrants and Simultaneity. Copenhagen, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen and Department of Cultural Encounters, Roskilde University in cooperation with Images of the Middle East

September 13 – 15, 2006

"Danish Cartoon Controversy and Freedom of Expression? Cultural Difference or Cultural Hegemony" in German-Arabic Media Dialogue:

The political instrumentalisation of cultural values –The media as victim and perpetrator. Organized by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Neuhardenberg

August 27- 30,  2006  

"Spacio-cide and bio-politics:  The case of Palestinian-Israeli Conflict", XVI ISA World Conference of Sociology, in Research Committee on  Sociology of Migration RC31, Durban, South Africa. (Impossible to attend because of the war. Paper presented by the head of the panel)

July, 23-30 2006

"Palestinian Refugees, Citizenship and the Nation-State", XVI ISA World Conference of Sociology, in Research Committee on Sociology of Migration RC31, Durban, South Africa. (Impossible to attend because of the war. Paper presented by the head of the panel)

23-30 July 2006

Discussant of a Panel on Migrations forcées et asile. Colloque international 1985 - 2005 : 20 ans de recherche sur les migrations internationales. Poitiers. 

July 7-9, 2006

"Palestinian Refugees, Citizenship and State. Towards the New Model of Nation-State" in Asylum in the South: Africa and Mediterranean Area. Organized by Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD (France). Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

June 8-10, 2006

Consultation with the international community representatives in charge of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process. In "Prospects for a Two-State Solution: Implications for the Refugee Issue. Scenario-Building Exercise". Organized by Chatham House. Minster Lovell, UK

May 12-15, 2006

"Aid, NGOs and Professionalization. (Palestine & Egypt) in URPL660 – Development Aid in the MENA: Impacts on Cities & Spatial Planning.

May 4, 2006

"The Emergence of a Palestinian globalized Elite. Donors, International Organizations and Local NGOs" in The Brown Bag Series of The CAMES Department, AUB.

March 10, 2006

"Why the human rights International organizations do neglect the right of return?" in the conference The Palestinian Refugees: International Law, Human Rights Conventions, UN resolutions. Past - Present and Future Perspectives. Copenhagen, Denmark.

October 8, 2005

"The Palestinians Refugees, Citizenship and Nation-states in the Middle-East" in the workshop Mouvements de réfugiés et migrations irrégulières au Moyen-Orient, Centre d'Etudes de Relations Internationales (CERI), Paris.

September 23, 2005

"Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon" in consultation workshop on Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon. Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs). Cyprus.

September 16-18, 2005

"Palestinian economic and social transnational ties: some notes about gender and class stratification" in the international workshop Stratification Within Transnational Migrant Communities. Migrinter, University of Poitiers – France

May  25– 26, 2005

"The impact of Social Capital on the Eventual Repatriation Process of Refugees. Study of Economic and Social Transnational Kinship Networks in Palestine/Israel" in the Panel "New Migrations and Transnational Practices in the Middle East" in Sixth Mediterranean Social and Political Research (MSPR) Meeting. The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy).

  March 16 – 20, 2005

"Specio-cide, Bio-politics and resistance in Palestine/Israel", in Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths College, London.

February 3, 2005

‘ Réfugiés, diaspora et crise de l'Etat-nation’ in Séminaire ‘Palestine - Identités, citoyennetés, territoires’, Institut d’Etudes sur les Sociétés du Monde Musulman, Paris.

January 31, 2005

‘Les réfugiés palestiniens dans les camps : un statut suspendu dans un espace d’exception’, in Atelier de réflexion ‘Territoires d’exil, les camps de réfugiés’, organisé par l’Association de Géographes Français et Migrinter, Université de Poitiers.

January 28, 2005

‘Le Spatio-cide et l'Etat-Nation : le cas de la Palestine’ in séminaire "Frontières" de l'UMR LOUEST. Ecole Architecture Paris Val Seine.

December 3, 2004

‘The impact of Social Capital on the Eventual Repatriation Process of Refugees. Some Gender insights from a Study of Economic and Social Transnational Kinship Networks in Palestine/Israel’ in Association of Middle East Studies (MESA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

November 19-25, 2005

“Sociology of the Palestinian return migration: some methodological notes,” in bi-weekly ‘Brown Bag’ Sessions of the Center for Behavioral Research in American University of Beirut.

October 11, 2004

“Space-cide and bio-politics in the Israeli colonial practices”, in the 3d International Conference on “An End to Occupation. A just Peace in Israel-Palestine”, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

July 3-5, 2004

“Palestinian return migration. Lessons from the International Refugee Regime”, paper presented in International Conference: “Transferring Best Practice: An international workshop on the comparative study of refugee return programmes with reference to the Palestinian context”, University of Exeter, UK.

June 9-12, 2004

“The Extra-Territorial Nation-State and the Question of Refugees”  PASSIA Roundtable, Ramallah

12 May, 2004

“Territories in Camps and Towns: the Palestinian Diaspora” in workshop Diasporas in Cairo: Transit Territory and the Transient Condition, organized by CEDEJ- FMRS/AUC.

April 24, 2004

“Space-cide and Refugees: Coupling land issues with Refugee issues”, International Conference: “Refugee Repatriation Process, Patterns and Mode of Transnationality a Comparative Perspective”, organized by Shaml center and International Migration, Spaces and Societies (Migrinter) (Poitiers - France).

March 6-8, 2004

(With Lena Jayyusi) “Oral History and Land Use” in Abu Lughod Institute Conference “Between the Archival Forest and the Anecdotal Trees: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Palestinian Social History”, Birzeit University.

November 21-22, 2003

Participation on a Workshop, ‘The Palestinian Refugee Issues', organized by the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Centre for Lebanese Studies. Limassol (Cyprus).

October 6 - 8, 2003,

“The Cultural Logic of Globalization”, in International Confererence “International Seminar on the Palestinian Struggle and Globalization”, organized by Alternative information Center, Bethlehem.

August 29-31, 2003

“Sociology and Right of Return”, in international conference “Right of return and resolving Palestinian refugees issue”, organized by Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany.

July 11-13, 2003

“Sociology of Palestinian Return Migration”, in “The Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews: the Meaning of Catastrophe, Historical Knowledge, and the Return of Exiles”, Conference organized by Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethno-political Conflict.

June 5-8, 2003

 “Using network analysis in Transnational kinship ties in Palestinian Territories and Israel" in International Seminar "Conceptualisation of Social Network in Migration: empirical production and Theoretical challenge", MIGRINTER, CNRS/MSHS, Poitiers.

May 26-27, 2003

(with Salim Tamari) “Future of the Palestinian refugees: an open or closed file?”, lecture, organized jointly by Shaml and Muwatin centers (Ramallah).

January 20, 2003

 “Humanitarian and Political Aspects of the Palestinian Condition”, in Panel discussion on “Catastrophes and human disasters in Palestinian Territories”, Shaml and the Alternative Information Center, at the Ambassador Hotel, East Jerusalem.

January 8, 2003

“The relationship between the Palestinian in Israel and the Palestinian abroad”, Second Conference of the Association of Palestinian Researchers in Israel.

December 21 2002

‘Flexible Transnational Survival Practices of Palestinian. Transmigrants/Returnees, and Inflexible State Policies: Crafting the Palestinian Extra-territorialized Nation-State’, in Workshop II ‘Transnationalism, Gender and Generation: Views from the Middle East and North Africa’, at the Third Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence.

20–24March, 2002

“New Frontiers-New Horizons”, Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Migration, Refugees, Human Rights, Trieste (Italy).

18-19 January  2002

‘Diaspora with fragile center of gravity. The virtual return of the Palestinian communities’, International Conference: Diasporas, organized by Migrintern/CNRS, MSHS, Poitiers, France.

14-16 February 2002 

‘Human Rights Global Agenda and its Encounter with the Palestinian Organizations Agenda’, in Regional Seminar « The Defense of Human Rights in the Euro-Mediterranean Region and the Issue of Funding Rights NGOs », Beirut.

19-22 September 2001

 ‘Globalization without Regionalization. The paradoxical Effects of the political economy of the United Arab Emirates’, in Workshop on Globalization in the Gulf, University of Exeter. 

3-4 July 2001

 ‘Deconstructing the Diaspora Relationship to the Center. The Quest of a Palestinian Rothschild’, in Workshop: “Palestinian Return Migration: Socio-economic and Cultural Approaches”, organized by the Population Council and Shaml: Ramallah.

13-14 June 2001

‘La construction sociale de l’identité palestinienne’, conference at the margin of the Exposition  « Palestine » at Maison Robert Doisneau, Paris.

27 April 2001

‘Reshaping the Geography: Palestinian Communities Networks in Europe and the New Media’, in Workshop ‘Muslim Networks and Transnational Communities in and Across Europe’, Second Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, European University Institute, Florence.

21–25 March 2001

‘Refugee Absorption Capacity in Palestinian Territories: The Misleading of an Economistic Approach’, in the Second Conference of the Arab Human Rights organizations, organized by Cairo Center for the Study of Human Right, Rabat.

2-4 February 2001

‘La seconde  Intifada : est-elle celle de l’indépendance’, Lecture  organized by Association Bien joué, Nantes, France.

13 November 2000 

‘La vie associative en Palestine et les organisations internationales Européennes: un partenariat manqué ?’, in workshop ‘Les Enjeux des échanges et du Développement de la vie Associative’, Conseil Régional du Côte d’Azure, Marseille.

10 November 2000

‘The Second Intifada and the Palestinian Political Agenda’, lecture in Cairo Center for the Study of Human Right, Cairo. 

30 October 2000

‘The Social Sciences Research in Palestine. The dilemma of a Research field without researchers’ in Workshop ‘Middle East research Awards Program: Past Achievements and future prospects’, Population Council, Cairo.

8-9 September 2000

(with Linda Tabar) Session of sociological intervention and presentation of preliminary findings of the Research ‘The relationship between donors, INGOs and Palestinian NGOs (the constitution of agendas and the establishment of networks)’, Muwatin Center (Ramallah).

24 August 2000 

‘Dancing tango during the Peace process. The Palestinian- Israeli People-to-People program as a Mechanism of Conflict Resolution’, 18th General International Peace Research Association (IPRA) Conference, Tampere, Finland.

5-9 August 2000

"Physical return, Virtual Return. Palestinian Communities in Europe and the Homland’, lecture organized by Shaml (Ramallah) and Refugee Studies Center (Oxford), St. Antoine, Oxford.

5-6 May 2000

“Modes of entrepreneurship of the Palestinian Communities in Europe", in Workshop ‘The Palestinian refugees in Europe”, in Workshop VII "Migration in the South and East Mediterranean" to participate at the First Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, organized by the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

22 - 26 March 2000

‘Capitaux et entrepreneurs palestiniens de retour. Une approche à partir des modes d’entreprenariat’, in Workshop ‘Le rôle des émigrés à l’étranger : Nouveaux entrepreneurs et nouveaux acteurs des villes du monde arabe’, Tours (France): URBAMA.

26-27 February 2000

“Les modes d’action des ONG palestiniennes. La problématique d’un mouvement social émergent ?”, in Workshop "La structuration des espaces d'action : saisir les protagonistes et les processus engagés dans la diffusion des normes et l'allocation des ressources", Cairo : CEDEJ.

4 October 1999

"Profile of Donor Assistance to Palestinian NGOs: Survey and Database", in Workshop "Palestinian NGOs and International Organizations: Development Priorities and Coordination", organized by the Welfare Association, YMCA, Jerusalem.

3 June 1999

"Population in transit. The Weak Diasporatization in the Palestinian Case", in Conference "Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: The Human Rights in Mediterranean Area", organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Réseau Euro-Méditerranéen des Droits de l’Homme and the Forum des Citoyens de la Méditerranée, Stuttgart, Germany.

16 April 1999

"Research and Society: some remarks from the findings of the survey on the population issues in Palestine", in seminar "Research and policy making in Palestine", organized by Association of Palestinian Policy Research Institutions (APPRI), Ramallah.

15 March 1999

"ONG palestiniennes et Nouvel Etat : équilibrage des faiblesses", in the Workshop "La structuration des espaces d'action : saisir les protagonistes et les processus engagés dans la diffusion des normes et l'allocation des ressources", Cairo : CEDEJ.

24/25 February 1999

"Research Profile on population issues in Palestine", in Workshop "International Population Agendas and Regional Responses", organized by MEAwards program, the Population Council, Cairo.

15 December 1998

"Palestinian Diaspora Contribution to Investment and Philanthropy in Palestine " Roundtable meeting organized by PASSIA, Jerusalem.

10 June 1998

‘Classifying the Palestinians Abroad. Towards a Critique of the Supremacy of the Economic Factor’, in Warwick Refugee Conference, Organized by Warwick University, UK.

23-24 March 1998

"The Palestinian Abroad: Refugees, Diasporized, Economic Migrants", in Workshop 'Forced Migrations in the 20th Century: Context and Consequences' organized by European Institute University, Florence.

6 February 1998

"The Economy in the Middle-East: Very High Political Economy", in Expatriate Palestinian Businessmen Conference, organized by Department of Expatriate Affairs in the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Gaza.

21-23 July 1997

"Industrial Investments of Palestinian businessmen in the Diaspora in Palestinian Territories", in Expert Group Meeting on "Impact of the Peace Process on Selected Sectors" organized by USCWA.

23-25 June 1997

"Self and Others within the Palestinian Diaspora: Capital and Capitals", in Conference "Globalization, Cities and Youth", organized by Population Council, Cairo.

20-23 March 1997

"Between Two Worlds: Palestinian Businessmen in the Diaspora and the Construction of a Palestinian Entity", lecture in Muwatin Center (Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy), Ramallah. (In Arabic)

15 January 1997

"Internationalization of the Palestinian Economy in the Diaspora", Lecture in Abdel Hamid Shouman Institute, Amman. (in Arabic)

8 January 1997

"Les entrepreneurs palestiniens de la diaspora et la construction de l'entité palestinienne", Lecture in French Research Center (CERMOC), Amman.

7 January 1997

"Frontières imagées et image des frontières chez la diaspora palestinienne", in the Conference "L'image de l'Autre dans le monde arabe". Arab Association of Sociology, Hamamet, Tunisia.

16 November 1996

"L'économie palestinienne de la diaspora", seminar of the CEDEJ.

23 October 1996

"La mise en cause de la conjoncture politique. L'image de l'Occident chez les ingénieurs syriens et égyptiens", in the Conference La vision de l'Occident dans le monde arabe, Agnelli Foundation, Turin- Italy.

7 October 1996

"Entre deux mondes. Les hommes d'affaires palestiniens de la diaspora et l'Autorité palestinienne", in the Panel  "Le capital obéissant ? entrepreneurs et Etats au Proche-Orient", AFEMAM Annuel meeting, Aix-en-Provence- France.

4 July 1996

‘Les hommes d'affaires de la diaspora et les  investissements en territoires palestiniens’. Panel "Territoires et espaces communautaires" (CERMOC/CEDEJ), AFEMAM Annuel meeting, Aix-en-Provence, France.

3 July 1996

"Palestinian businessmen in Egypt". Lecture. General Union of Palestinian Women in Egypt, Cairo. (In Arabic)

15 February 1996

"Disobedient Capital. Palestinian Business People in the Diaspora and the Palestinian National Authority", in Conference of the CERMOC “State of Research on Palestine”, Amman- Jordan.

2-3 February 1996

"Palestinian Refugees: Which Future?", lecture in MERC (Middle East Research Competition), Cairo. (In Arabic)

5 mars 1996