Lisa Taraki

Lisa Taraki "is an associate professor of sociology and Dean of Graduate Studies at Birzeit University. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Al-Haq. Her research and publications have focused on the Palestinian national movement; Islamist politics; gender relations in the Middle East and Palestine; urban social history; and the system of informal justice in Palestine. She has served on the boards of several Palestinian organisations, and has made many professional contributions to Palestinian institutions."