Current Academic Positions
Lecturer-Department of Middle Eastern History.

Lecturer- Department of Multidisciplinary Studies.

Research Fellow at the the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies.

Erasmus Mundus Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship- The Center of Methods in Social Sciences and the Institute of Sociology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,Germany.

Current Public Positions
member in the board of editors of- Ruah Mizrahit [East Wind]: Bulletin of the Israeli Oriental Society

Research Areas & Other Interests
Social History of the Middle East: The Shaping of Palestinian Society Since the Late Ottoman Period

Education
B.A - Department of Middle Eastern History, 2004. Haifa University. (With Distinction).

M.A- University of Haifa: Department of Middle Eastern History, 2004-2007. Topic of Thesis: "Islamic Discourse, National Identity and Armed Struggle: the Fatah movement 1959-2005". Supervisor: Dr. Mahmud Yazbak. (Magna cum Laude).

PH.D - Haifa University: Department of Middle Eastern History.
Topic of Thesis: Studential Society, Culture and politics in The Palestinian National Movement 1952 – 2000.
Supervisor: Dr. Mahmoud Yazbak.

2011-2012 Erasmus Mundus Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship- The Center of Methods in Social Sciences and the Institute of Sociology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,Germany.

Selected Publications

Scholery Conference
1. The Annual conference of the Israel Oriental Society. Bar-Ilan University, 8 May, 2006. "Fatah, Intifadat AL-Aqsa, and the Political Meaning of Islam". 2. The Second Conference for Advanced Research Students, Tel Aviv University, 18 May 2006, "One Story in three Perspectives: Transjordan Reborn". 3. Faculty Seminar- the Department of Middle East history, University of Haifa, 9 January 2007, "Islamic Discourse vs. National Identity- the Fatah Movement since the brake out of Intifadat Al-Aqsa". 4. YIFC Conference- The European Role in the Middle East Conflict, Trebnitz near Berlin, 12-20 January 2007. 5. Invited address by Leiden University study-trip delegation, Beit Rotenberg, Haifa. 26 March. 2007." The rise of Political Islam in the Palestinian Territories- cultural dimensions" 6. Annual conference of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel-MEISAI (former the Israel Oriental Society). Tel Aviv University, 10 May, 2007. "Years of un-alertness- Fatah, Islam, and Armed Struggle (1959-1968)". 7. Conference of Local and International Experts Reviewing the Peace Process: Towards a Sustainable peaceful solution, Al Quds University, 26-27 November 2008. "Fighting for Hegemony and Building the Right Model for Islam in Gaza and in the West Bank - Fatah vs. Hamas" 8. Mazat Forum, Bar Ilan University, 4 December, 2008. ": "Islamic Discourse, National Identity and Armed Struggle in the Fatah movement: some socio-political and cultural aspects". 9. The Middle East on the Net: Virtual Communities and Social Networking on the Internet, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, March 18, 2009. "From Blood Feud to Virtual Fighting: Some Reflections of the Conflict between Fatah and Hamas" 10. The Ezri forum for Persian Gulf Studies, University of Haifa, March 24, 2009. "To Flourish National Identity in the Desert: Palestinian Students and Political Mobilization in Kuwait" 11. International Conference and Cultural Events Looking at Iran: Perspectives on Contemporary Iran and Iranian Culture in Germany and Israel. University of Haifa, March 28-31, 2009. "Exporting the revolution?: The Symbolic Presence of Iran in the Palestinian Political Strife" 12. Annual conference of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel-MEISAI (former the Israel Oriental Society). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem May 20. 2009. "Revolutionary Students Politics in Palestine" 13. International Conference Change and Stability: State, Religion and Politics in the Modern Middle East and North Africa, the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. May 28-29, 2009. "Ad-Hoc Islamism?: Fatah New Islamic Discourse - a Semiotic Analyzing" 14" Israeli- Palestinian academic cooperation: challenges ahead", Tel Hai Academic College, June 18, 2009.

Scholery Conference
15. the Second Annual Israeli Persian Gulf Studies Conference, Haifa Univresity, 7 June 2010, "Iran and the Palestinian Inner Strife: Socio-Political Aspects" 16. International Workshop on Challenges of Ethno-Religious Coexistence in the Middle East, Haifa University, 4 November, 2010. "The Challenge From Within: Fatah, Hamas, and the struggle for Palestinian leadership". 17. The First International Conference Global Dilemmas of Security and Development in the Middle East, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. 9-10 November, 2010. "Fatah, Hamas and the Virtual Battle for the Palestinian Hearts and Minds". 18. The Dean of Humanities Seminar, University of Haifa, 8 December, 2010. "High Education and National Struggle: Student Culture and Politics in the Palestinian National Movement". 19. Ofakim Conference: Jews and Arabs in a Verbal Space, University of Haifa, 16 December, 2010. "The Jew and the Israeli Image in the Lens of the Arab International Media" (Invited Address). 20. Religion believe and the Arab-Jewish Conflict, University of Haifa, 13-14 April, 2011, " Political Presence and Virtual Battles: Islam and National Identity in the Palestinian Inner Strife". 21. Annual conference of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel-MEISAI (former the Israel Oriental Society). The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana. 25 May, 2011. "The Keyboard and the Gun: Student Politics and Activism in the Palestinian National Movement". 22. The 18th International DAVO Congress. The Freie Universität Berlin. , 6 – 8 October, 2011. Student Politics and National Struggle: Some Notes about the Palestinian Student Movement.