Dana El Kurd

Non-resident Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC

Dana El Kurd is Non-resident Senior Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Richmond. She specializes in Palestinian and Arab politics, particularly on topics related to mobilization, public opinion, and international intervention. Her first book, titled Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine, was published in January 2020 with Oxford University Press. Her work has been published in academic journals such as Global Studies Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Democratization, as well as media outlets such as The Nation, Foreign Policy, Jewish Currents, Financial Times, and more. El Kurd serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Palestine Studies and is a term member (2026-2031) of the Council on Foreign Relations.