Experts available on Israel-Hamas war

Ibrahim N. Abusharif

Associate professor in Residence in the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at Northwestern University in Qatar

• a-abusharif@northwestern.edu
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• Why Israeli narratives overpower Palestinian voices in Western discourse
• Islamic discourses and polemics online
• Religious authority in the digital age, with emphasis on contemporary Islam

Danielle Gilbert

Assistant Professor of Political Science

• danielle.gilbert@northwestern.edu

• Causes and consequences of hostage taking in international security
• How and why rebels kidnap
• Hostage diplomacy and state-led hostage taking
• Organizational dynamics of armed groups

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Professor of Political Science and Professor & Chair of Religious Studies

• eshurd@northwestern.edu

• Politics of religious diversity
• Middle East politics

Ian Hurd

Professor of Political Science

• ianhurd@northwestern.edu

• International relations, organizations and theory
• Politics of legitimacy and how it is created, used, and contested in international relations

Ian Kelly

Ambassador in Residence, International Studies and Slavic Languages and Literature

• ian.kelly@northwestern.edu

• Global diplomatic strategy for solving the decades-long conflict

Prior to joining Northwestern's faculty as ambassador in residence, Ian Kelly was U.S. ambassador to Georgia, ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, State Department spokesperson, and director of the Office of Russian Affairs in Washington, D.C. In these roles, Amb. Kelly often dealt with the diplomacy of the conflict, meeting frequently with President Barack Obama's Middle East envoys.

Shmulik Nili

Associate Professor of Political Science

• shmuel.nili@northwestern.edu

• Ethics, power and political violence
• Comparison between U.S. and Israeli politics
• Ethics of hostage situations

Storer H. Rowley

Adjunct Lecturer in Journalism

• storer.rowley@northwestern.edu

• Reporting on the Middle East
• War reporting
• Media ethics

Jessica Winegar

Professor of Anthropology and Middle East and North African Studies

• j-winegar@northwestern.edu

• Middle East residents’ views of the conflict
• U.S. media bias in covering the events
• Activism in support of Palestinian rights in the U.S.