Narrative Shifts and Conflict Realities: Unveiling Grand War Narratives in Gaza

Thu. January 18th, 2024

Virtual

Join us for an engaging panel discussion on the evolving narratives around the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since October 7, 2023, and their profound impact on the conflict. Our distinguished panelists—Hussein Ibish, Tahani Mustafa, and Leila Seurat —will analyze how these narratives have shaped policies and actions, influencing perspectives on both sides.

The discussion will delve into the aftermath of October 7, exploring the contending narratives each side in the conflict has had, and how this has affected the conflict’s dynamics. On the one side is an Israeli perception that Hamas’s actions revealed the group’s genocidal intentions, while on the Palestinian side the narrative has been focused on how October 7 was a consequence of the enduring Israeli occupation and the marginalization of the Palestinian cause.

This panel will be moderated by Michael Young, senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan and will take place on January 18, at 4:00 PM EET and 9:00 AM EST.

This panel will be held in English. Viewers are encouraged to actively participate by submitting questions through the live chat feature on Facebook and YouTube. For further details and inquiries, please contact Najwa Yassine at najwa.yassine@carnegie-mec.org.

This webinar is part of a series of webinars on the Gaza war:

event speakers

Hussein Ibish
Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for The National (UAE), former columnist for Bloomberg, regular contributor to The New York Times and The Daily Beast, and frequent contributor to many other U.S. and Middle Eastern publications. He has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, DC correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Many of Ibish’s articles are archived on his Ibish blog website.
Tahani Mustafa
Tahani Mustafa is the Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group, where she works on issues including security, and socio-political and legal governance in the West bank. She holds a PhD in politics and international studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is based between the UK, Jordan, and Palestine.
Leila Seurat
Leila Seurat holds a doctoral thesis from the IEP in Paris in 2014, devoted to the study of Hamas's foreign policy, and subsequently published under the title “Hamas and the world” (CNRS Éditions, 2015) then in English, in the SOAS Palestine Studies collection at I.B Tauris (2022).
Michael Young
Editor, Diwan, Senior Editor, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

event speakers

Hussein Ibish
Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for The National (UAE), former columnist for Bloomberg, regular contributor to The New York Times and The Daily Beast, and frequent contributor to many other U.S. and Middle Eastern publications. He has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, DC correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Many of Ibish’s articles are archived on his Ibish blog website.
Tahani Mustafa
Tahani Mustafa is the Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group, where she works on issues including security, and socio-political and legal governance in the West bank. She holds a PhD in politics and international studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is based between the UK, Jordan, and Palestine.
Leila Seurat
Leila Seurat holds a doctoral thesis from the IEP in Paris in 2014, devoted to the study of Hamas's foreign policy, and subsequently published under the title “Hamas and the world” (CNRS Éditions, 2015) then in English, in the SOAS Palestine Studies collection at I.B Tauris (2022).
Michael Young
Editor, Diwan, Senior Editor, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center