Samar AlQawasmi

Samar AlQawasmi (she/her) is a first-year MA student at NYU’s International Relations department, specializing in Middle Eastern and Levantine Studies. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Bethlehem University in 2020. Since then, Samar has built her career in humanitarian aid and development sectors. She worked as a Project Officer at ACTED for emergency humanitarian response program to forced home demolitions and household displacement in East Jerusalem and Area C of the West Bank in Palestine. Her research interests involve the politics of West Asia, with a particular focus on the Palestinian cause, refugee and migration crisis, and security studies. When she wants to disconnect and recharge, dancing and horse riding are her go-to activities.