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Reviving a Palestinian Power: The Diaspora and the Diplomatic Corps

Palestinian diaspora communities can help reinvigorate the Palestine Liberation Organization’s representative character so that the organization may be able to develop an effective national strategy and be better equipped to respond to the extraordinary challenges facing the Palestinian people.

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By Zaha Hassan, Nadia Hijab, Inès Abdel Razek, Mona N. Younis
Published on May 4, 2021
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The Middle East Program in Washington combines in-depth regional knowledge with incisive comparative analysis to provide deeply informed recommendations. With expertise in the Gulf, North Africa, Iran, and Israel/Palestine, we examine crosscutting themes of political, economic, and social change in both English and Arabic.

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Zaha Hassan
Zaha Hassan

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Nadia Hijab

Inès Abdel Razek

Mona N. Younis

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Zaha Hassan
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Zaha Hassan
Nadia Hijab
Inès Abdel Razek
Mona N. Younis
Middle EastPalestine

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