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Understanding the Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas: A conversation with Dr. Mkhaimar Abusada, Associate Professor of Politics, Al-Azhar University in Gaza

Lunch will be served.

Mkhaimar Abusada is a U.S.-educated expert on Palestinian political attitudes. He received his PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996 and is an associate professor at Al-Azhar University of Gaza and the former chair of the university's political science department. He has authored one book, and many academic articles in local and internationally recognized academic journals. He has also written for Project Syndicate, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He is currently a visititing faculty member with Northwestern's Middle East and North African Studies Program.