Samia Al-Botmeh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5042885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samia Al-Botmeh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samia |
| FAMILY NAME | Al-Botmeh |
| SIGNATURE | AL-BOTMEH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birzeit University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Palestinian higher education
This paper strives to illuminate the logics of Israel’s attacks on Palestinian higher education and historicises the ways in which Palestinian universities are significant sites of resistance to settler colonialism in the face of erasure. Since October 2023, the Israeli genocide in Gaza has taken the colonial logics of erasure to their most extreme conclusion: the mass destruction of schools and colleges in addition to the relentless killing of s…
Supporting and learning from universities in times of conflict
Introducing the special issue on ‘Supporting and Learning from Universities in Times of Conflict’, this article examines the significance of the university as a social, political, and epistemic space in contexts of conflict and post-conflict recovery. It highlights the ongoing neglect of universities in times of conflict, war, and oppression across the fields of international development, international higher education, Education in Emergencies, …
Palestinian Workers in the West Bank
This brief paper aims to consider the impact of Israel’s settler-colonial measures on workers in the West Bank of the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) after October 2023. Although the ongoing war has been waged on the Gaza Strip, with devastating repercussions for lives and livelihoods in the Strip, Israeli colonial measures in the West Bank have had a grave impact on all segments of Palestinian society, including workers. These measures in…
Real Estate Development Through Land Grabs
This paper examines the repurposing of Palestinian rural lands for real estate investment. Focusing on Rawabi, the celebrated first Palestinian planned city, this study unsettles the city’s narrative of triumphant urban development within an empty rural landscape by centering the experiences of the three villages on whose land this real estate scheme was built. Arguing that this project constitutes a neoliberal mode of capitalist accumulation tha…
Implications of the Kerry Framework
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSamia Al-BotmehSamia al-Botmeh is an assistant professor in economics, based at the Center for Development Studies at Birzeit University
Real Estate Development Through Land Grabs
This paper examines the repurposing of Palestinian rural lands for real estate investment. Focusing on Rawabi, the celebrated first Palestinian planned city, this study unsettles the city’s narrative of triumphant urban development within an empty rural landscape by centering the experiences of the three villages on whose land this real estate scheme was built. Arguing that this project constitutes a neoliberal mode of capitalist accumulation tha…
Palestinian higher education
This paper strives to illuminate the logics of Israel’s attacks on Palestinian higher education and historicises the ways in which Palestinian universities are significant sites of resistance to settler colonialism in the face of erasure. Since October 2023, the Israeli genocide in Gaza has taken the colonial logics of erasure to their most extreme conclusion: the mass destruction of schools and colleges in addition to the relentless killing of s…
Implications of the Kerry Framework
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSamia Al-BotmehSamia al-Botmeh is an assistant professor in economics, based at the Center for Development Studies at Birzeit University
Real Estate Development Through Land Grabs
This paper examines the repurposing of Palestinian rural lands for real estate investment. Focusing on Rawabi, the celebrated first Palestinian planned city, this study unsettles the city’s narrative of triumphant urban development within an empty rural landscape by centering the experiences of the three villages on whose land this real estate scheme was built. Arguing that this project constitutes a neoliberal mode of capitalist accumulation tha…
Palestinian Workers in the West Bank
This brief paper aims to consider the impact of Israel’s settler-colonial measures on workers in the West Bank of the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) after October 2023. Although the ongoing war has been waged on the Gaza Strip, with devastating repercussions for lives and livelihoods in the Strip, Israeli colonial measures in the West Bank have had a grave impact on all segments of Palestinian society, including workers. These measures in…
Palestinian higher education
This paper strives to illuminate the logics of Israel’s attacks on Palestinian higher education and historicises the ways in which Palestinian universities are significant sites of resistance to settler colonialism in the face of erasure. Since October 2023, the Israeli genocide in Gaza has taken the colonial logics of erasure to their most extreme conclusion: the mass destruction of schools and colleges in addition to the relentless killing of s…
Supporting and learning from universities in times of conflict
Introducing the special issue on ‘Supporting and Learning from Universities in Times of Conflict’, this article examines the significance of the university as a social, political, and epistemic space in contexts of conflict and post-conflict recovery. It highlights the ongoing neglect of universities in times of conflict, war, and oppression across the fields of international development, international higher education, Education in Emergencies, …
Colonialism (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agricultural and Environmental Management (1 work) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work)