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Dana El Kurd

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Dana El Kurd is an assistant professor at the University of Richmond and a senior nonresident fellow at the Arab Center Washington. Her research focuses on Palestinian politics and authoritarianism in the Arab world.

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Palestine Activism in the World Cup
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Palestine Activism in the World Cup

Dana El Kurd and Maryam AlHajri

Actions of fans at the World Cup have brought world attention to the issue of Palestine, a result both of activism in Qatar in the run-up to the tournament and a lack of popular enthusiasm in the region to normalizing relations with Israel.