Dana El Kurd

@danaelkurd

Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed danaelkurd.com to contact

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Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· 5d

Life imitates art

Orange cat beside a blanket of an orange cat in a keffiyeh

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· 9d

I am being so extra about this

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· 10d

The handbook is here!

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· 20d

From a settlers WhatsApp group The text in the message was: " no new outposts, no more promises for more housing units, we want to see blood. No consolation without revenge!"

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· 26d

Friendly pro Spain crowd here tonight

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jul 8

Ok im done good night

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jul 1

It's out! The full "Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World" is available open access here: www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jun 30

L.o.l.

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jun 16

Heyo

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Dear Dana:   

Together with David M. Rubenstein and our Board of Directors, I am delighted to invite you to become a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Members are the lifeblood of CFR, and we are pleased to have you join the ranks.

You will soon receive an email from Nancy Bodurtha, senior vice president of meetings and membership, with an electronic acceptance agreement for your signature. Upon receipt of your signed acceptance, she will be in touch with additional information about your membership account, our programs, and other members-only benefits. Your nominator and seconders have been notified of your election.

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jun 9

Had a great time in mamdanistan

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jun 9

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· May 29

Another endorsement of the Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World, available open access July 2026 Neil Ketchley's review:

Offering fresh insights into enduring questions of authoritarian rule, this volume brings together a new generation of MENA social scientists from the region and beyond. Showcasing diverse disciplinary perspectives, data sources, and methodological approaches, it is essential reading for scholars of Middle East politics and comparative authoritarianism.

Neil Ketchley, Professor of Politics and Fellow of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· May 27

The Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World will be out this July Endorsement below by @argohdes.bsky.social

At a moment when the majority of people across the globe are living in nondemocratic systems, this book asks an urgent question: what can the Arab world teach us about authoritarianism? Spanning the many faces of authoritarianism, it offers an impressive collection of rigorous comparative analyses by a truly diverse set of contributors, many with lived experience in the region. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand not just the Arab world, but why authoritarianism keeps winning, and what it takes to resist it."
Anita r gohdes professor hertie school germany

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· May 25

We will never learn.

The book safe area gorazde by Joe sacco on a gray background

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Apr 26

Currently coping mentally with this one

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Apr 26

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Apr 24

Reading about the bund reminds me what it means to be free.

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Apr 14

My book, my kid's book

The book "here where we live is our country" by Molly Crabapple beside the book "squire" by Sara alfageeh and Nadia shammas on a blue and green rug

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Mar 8

Walid Khalidi has died at the age of 100. Before the Israeli new historians, Khalidi documented the Nakba and the intentionality of the Israeli state.

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Mar 2

Antony Blinken and friends

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Mar 2

Sara Qaed, Bahraini cartoonist

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Feb 28

I am translating regional news. Is cargo city adjacent to the civilian airport?

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Feb 1

These people should face legal consequences

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jan 27

Learning to do tatreez

Palestinian embroidery in yellow red and dark red with the word gaza in arabic

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jan 24

Just joining in

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jan 23

From witkoff and kushners presentation on turning gaza into new Gaza, the riviera of the middle east ...look at the arabic...

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jan 18

Bookstore excellence

Free palestine print + a page of the poem enemy of the sun

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jan 17

You heard it here first folks

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Jan 9

In the interest of putting a smile on your face, heres my kids response to getting in trouble at school (Translation - I'm a free man I'm not an animal these laws don't apply to me!) The human spirit is born free.

Construction paper with handwriting that says "I'm a free man I'm not an animal thes laws dont uplie to me!"

Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd· Dec 30

Rest in peace Mustafa