Abdalhadi Alijla
Biographic Data
| ID | 1644397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdalhadi Alijla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdalhadi |
| FAMILY NAME | Alijla |
| SIGNATURE | ALIJLA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Orient-Institut Beirut |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1695-308X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The New Palestinian Memoir
Amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, its expanding campaigns of conquest and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, Lebanon, and beyond, four Palestinian scholars, activists, and writers in exile have published their debut memoirs, charting new paths in the genre of the Palestinian autobiography. Abdalhadi Alijla’s Fearful in Gaza recounts Alijla’s childhood growing up under siege in Gaza and surviving repeated Israeli incursions before being exil…
Exterminate All the Palestinians”
This essay is a reflection on the melancholic burden of reading during the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The author, a Palestinian from Gaza who has been in exile for two decades, offers sobering insights into what it means to read about the genocide, fear, and trauma while witnessing the destruction of his home and genocide of his loved ones in Gaza from afar. What was once one of his favorite hobbies has become a curse. Through his narration of los…
Rebel Governance in the Middle East
This book explains the importance of examining genealogies tribalism, common local knowledge and social networks in understanding the institutionalization
Thorny identity? Non-state actors, service provision, identities, and Hamas in Gaza
When rebels and non-state actors provide services, do they have an effect on identities? The literature suggests that service provision by rebel’s influence identities, which affect post-conflict reconstruction and have some policy-implications on service provision. I argue that service provision has a potential effect on sub-identities and shape the preference of how people self-identify themselves. Based on a conjoint experiment in Gaza, I expl…
Trust in Divided Societies
When countries try to navigate through the aftermath of conflict, trust is the main focus and the catalyst for rebuilding societies, nations, economies and democracies. Trust is vital, not only at an individual level, but also at a community level: trust is important to sustain peace and also works as a trigger to end conflicts. But why are some divided societies more prone to the collapse of social trust than others?
We are in a Battle with the Virus
This article examines the response of two non-state actors, Hezbollah and Hamas, to the coronavirus pandemic in Lebanon and Palestine. It studies the patterns of governance, practicalities, leadership, and legitimacy both parties deployed during the Covid-19 crisis. It argues that non-state actors usually imitate states by trying to acquire legitimacy in such cases. The coronavirus was sectarianised, politicised, and used to gain external and loc…
The (Semi) State's Fragility
This article shall ask how Hamas, as a non-state actor, negotiated legitimacy with the clans in a fragmented and factionalized tribal society in the Gaza Strip from 2007-2011. An important factor that shapes the extent of power of rebels and non-state actors in limited statehood areas (LSA) pertains to the negotiation of power these rebels develop with clans in certain areas or times. Rebel governance is a complex and multidimensional concept sha…
Palestine and the Habeas Viscus
Borders have been a political tool to control, manipulate and affect the lives and movements of individual and groups. These borders can also work as barriers designed to discriminate against specific ethnic, religious, or linguistic groups and individuals for political reasons. In specific cases, borders can create an entire generation of exception, where the lives of a particular age group matter less than others. Palestinians in Gaza have been…
Gazzawi as bare life? An auto-ethnography of borders, siege, and statelessness
Borders of nation-states have become the natural barriers that constrain and organise the movements of people. These borders have entry and exit points such as airports, seaports and border crossings. Besides being an essential element in defining the national identity of the majority of people who live inside their geography, t borders can be used as a political tool to control the movement of people. They are also used as means to restrain thei…
Political Division and Social Destruction
This article discusses the effect of the political division between Fatah and Hamas on the level of generalized trust in Palestine. It argues that the level of trust in Palestinian society has been shaped and influenced by the ongoing political division since 2007. As the level of trust has been declining since 2007, this research suggests that distrust in the political system, the deteriorated healthcare and education services, the high level of…
Between inequality and sectarianism
In 2015, a new wave of protests erupted in Lebanon. These protests were the result of a lengthy period of political instability in the country. The informality of the sectarian political system in Lebanon has reached the point where the country has not had a president for more than two years. The aim of this paper is to examine the influence of institutional conditions on the level of generalised trust in a divided society. The paper conducts a s…
The (Semi) State's Fragility
This article shall ask how Hamas, as a non-state actor, negotiated legitimacy with the clans in a fragmented and factionalized tribal society in the Gaza Strip from 2007-2011. An important factor that shapes the extent of power of rebels and non-state actors in limited statehood areas (LSA) pertains to the negotiation of power these rebels develop with clans in certain areas or times. Rebel governance is a complex and multidimensional concept sha…
We are in a Battle with the Virus
This article examines the response of two non-state actors, Hezbollah and Hamas, to the coronavirus pandemic in Lebanon and Palestine. It studies the patterns of governance, practicalities, leadership, and legitimacy both parties deployed during the Covid-19 crisis. It argues that non-state actors usually imitate states by trying to acquire legitimacy in such cases. The coronavirus was sectarianised, politicised, and used to gain external and loc…
Gazzawi as bare life? An auto-ethnography of borders, siege, and statelessness
Borders of nation-states have become the natural barriers that constrain and organise the movements of people. These borders have entry and exit points such as airports, seaports and border crossings. Besides being an essential element in defining the national identity of the majority of people who live inside their geography, t borders can be used as a political tool to control the movement of people. They are also used as means to restrain thei…
Thorny identity? Non-state actors, service provision, identities, and Hamas in Gaza
When rebels and non-state actors provide services, do they have an effect on identities? The literature suggests that service provision by rebel’s influence identities, which affect post-conflict reconstruction and have some policy-implications on service provision. I argue that service provision has a potential effect on sub-identities and shape the preference of how people self-identify themselves. Based on a conjoint experiment in Gaza, I expl…
Political Division and Social Destruction
This article discusses the effect of the political division between Fatah and Hamas on the level of generalized trust in Palestine. It argues that the level of trust in Palestinian society has been shaped and influenced by the ongoing political division since 2007. As the level of trust has been declining since 2007, this research suggests that distrust in the political system, the deteriorated healthcare and education services, the high level of…
Between inequality and sectarianism
In 2015, a new wave of protests erupted in Lebanon. These protests were the result of a lengthy period of political instability in the country. The informality of the sectarian political system in Lebanon has reached the point where the country has not had a president for more than two years. The aim of this paper is to examine the influence of institutional conditions on the level of generalised trust in a divided society. The paper conducts a s…
Between inequality and sectarianism
In 2015, a new wave of protests erupted in Lebanon. These protests were the result of a lengthy period of political instability in the country. The informality of the sectarian political system in Lebanon has reached the point where the country has not had a president for more than two years. The aim of this paper is to examine the influence of institutional conditions on the level of generalised trust in a divided society. The paper conducts a s…
Gazzawi as bare life? An auto-ethnography of borders, siege, and statelessness
Borders of nation-states have become the natural barriers that constrain and organise the movements of people. These borders have entry and exit points such as airports, seaports and border crossings. Besides being an essential element in defining the national identity of the majority of people who live inside their geography, t borders can be used as a political tool to control the movement of people. They are also used as means to restrain thei…
Political Division and Social Destruction
This article discusses the effect of the political division between Fatah and Hamas on the level of generalized trust in Palestine. It argues that the level of trust in Palestinian society has been shaped and influenced by the ongoing political division since 2007. As the level of trust has been declining since 2007, this research suggests that distrust in the political system, the deteriorated healthcare and education services, the high level of…
Palestine and the Habeas Viscus
Borders have been a political tool to control, manipulate and affect the lives and movements of individual and groups. These borders can also work as barriers designed to discriminate against specific ethnic, religious, or linguistic groups and individuals for political reasons. In specific cases, borders can create an entire generation of exception, where the lives of a particular age group matter less than others. Palestinians in Gaza have been…
Trust in Divided Societies
When countries try to navigate through the aftermath of conflict, trust is the main focus and the catalyst for rebuilding societies, nations, economies and democracies. Trust is vital, not only at an individual level, but also at a community level: trust is important to sustain peace and also works as a trigger to end conflicts. But why are some divided societies more prone to the collapse of social trust than others?
We are in a Battle with the Virus
This article examines the response of two non-state actors, Hezbollah and Hamas, to the coronavirus pandemic in Lebanon and Palestine. It studies the patterns of governance, practicalities, leadership, and legitimacy both parties deployed during the Covid-19 crisis. It argues that non-state actors usually imitate states by trying to acquire legitimacy in such cases. The coronavirus was sectarianised, politicised, and used to gain external and loc…
The (Semi) State's Fragility
This article shall ask how Hamas, as a non-state actor, negotiated legitimacy with the clans in a fragmented and factionalized tribal society in the Gaza Strip from 2007-2011. An important factor that shapes the extent of power of rebels and non-state actors in limited statehood areas (LSA) pertains to the negotiation of power these rebels develop with clans in certain areas or times. Rebel governance is a complex and multidimensional concept sha…
Rebel Governance in the Middle East
This book explains the importance of examining genealogies tribalism, common local knowledge and social networks in understanding the institutionalization
Thorny identity? Non-state actors, service provision, identities, and Hamas in Gaza
When rebels and non-state actors provide services, do they have an effect on identities? The literature suggests that service provision by rebel’s influence identities, which affect post-conflict reconstruction and have some policy-implications on service provision. I argue that service provision has a potential effect on sub-identities and shape the preference of how people self-identify themselves. Based on a conjoint experiment in Gaza, I expl…
The New Palestinian Memoir
Amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, its expanding campaigns of conquest and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, Lebanon, and beyond, four Palestinian scholars, activists, and writers in exile have published their debut memoirs, charting new paths in the genre of the Palestinian autobiography. Abdalhadi Alijla’s Fearful in Gaza recounts Alijla’s childhood growing up under siege in Gaza and surviving repeated Israeli incursions before being exil…
Exterminate All the Palestinians”
This essay is a reflection on the melancholic burden of reading during the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The author, a Palestinian from Gaza who has been in exile for two decades, offers sobering insights into what it means to read about the genocide, fear, and trauma while witnessing the destruction of his home and genocide of his loved ones in Gaza from afar. What was once one of his favorite hobbies has become a curse. Through his narration of los…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Corporate governance (4 works) · Law (4 works)