Ayman Talal Yousef
PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from the M.S university in Baroda
Professor in Political Sciences at the Arab American University of Jenin
- E-mail: ayman_yousef
yahoo.com
Short CV
Ayman Yousef is Professor in political sciences and international relations at the Arab- American university in Palestine. He got his PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from the M.S university in Baroda, India in 2000 and he obtained Fulbright fellowship to study the US foreign policy in South Carolina in 2002. He published articles in many local , regional and international journals. His research interests are Palestine question, political elites, civil society, student and youth movement, democratization , the US strategies in the Gulf and the Middle East. He likes to volunteer in international projects. He got many international awards to travel abroad including Erasmus Mondos fellowship to Brussels in 2009, Amidesat fellowship in 2010, Marie Currie fellowship to Coventry in 2013 . Very recently He started developing deep interest in studying the Palestinian youth and student movement and their role in social change and democracy in Palestine. He has already published one full research paper in Al – Quds Open University peer reviewed journal in 2011. Although he does not have publications to tackle the issue of Trauma at political level, still he believes that trauma is wide interdisciplinary concept that to be dealt with at all fronts including the political one. Bloody clashes with the occupation in the Palestinian territories and other polices of torture, including security check points at the roads, night arrest and other policies, all that created conducive environment for traumatized Palestinians especially children and jailed people. Therefore he believes that he has to provide a sort of partial remedy for this phenomenon at the Palestinian level by adopting popular non – violent resistance as new tool for liberation to save lives and resources.
Publications
Palestine in the U.S policy between Local Politics and Global Agenda, South Asian Journal for Social and Political Studies, Kerela University, India, No. 6, December 2005 (in English).
Published a research entitled : " Pragmatism and Charisma in Yasser Arafat's Personality: Study in the Elitism and Leadership" Yasser Arafat's Conference , Al-Aqsa University, Gaza, November 2005 (in Arabic).
Palestinian Political System: from Unilateralism to Bi-polarity 1996-2006, Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi , Center for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut , No.334, December 2006 (in Arabic).
The Positive Interaction between the Arab Intelligentsia and the Arab Causes: Edward Said as a Model", (Co-Author with Dr. Khalid Safi) Journal of Islamic University , Gaza, July 2007, Vol.15, No.2 (in Arabic).
Haj Amin Al- Husseini between Traditional Dogmatism and Political Pragmatism: a Case Study during the British Mandate, Journal of An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, June 2007, Vol.21, No.2 (in Arabic)
Iran in the U.S Strategic Calculations: from Dual Containment to the New Middle East, Journal for Arab Universities Union of Arts Colleges, Yarmouk University, Jordan , Vol.4, No.2 (in Arabic).
Refereed report entitled: " Corruption and the Marginalized Sections in the Palestinian Society: Women, Children and the Handicapped" Palestinian Coalition for Transparency and Accountability –Aman- , Ramallah, West Bank, December 2007 (in Arabic).
Democratizing the Palestinian Political System between Elitism and the Role of the Civil Society, Journal of Agenda Mundial, Guadalajara, Mexico, February 2008 , No.1 (in English).
Stereotyping Islam in Western Perceptions between Fundamentalism and Phobia: a Critical and Analytical Reading, the Arab Journal of Political Science, Center for Arab Unity Studies, Spring 2008 (in Arabic).
Palestinian Refugees and the Right to Return in the U.S Policies: from the Cold War Initiatives to Clinton Proposals, Journal of Al-Quds Open University, West Bank (in Arabic Accepted for publication in 2009)
Political Reforms in Palestine 1994-2006: Reading in the Academic Calls and the Practical Initiatives, Journal of Jordan University, Amman, Jordan (in Arabic and Accepted for Publication in 2009 )
The Relationship between Shura and Democracy in the Contemporary Islamic Thoughts: Conceptual Study, Journal of Al-Aqsa University , Gaza (in Arabic and Accepted for Publication in 2009 )
Paper accepted for publication entitled: " Critical Reading of the Israeli Security Theory in Post- Lebanon war 2006-2008 in Journal of Jordan University, Amman, Jordan (in Arabic and Accepted for Publication in 2010 ) .
Paper accepted for publication entitled: " the Problematic Conceptualization of Local Governance in Palestine between Local Political Culture and Emerging Political System 1994-2004 in Journal for Arab Universities Union of Arts Colleges, Yarmouk University, Jordan , (Accepted for publication in 2010)
Co-authored a book entitled: " Israel Foreign Relations with Rising Powers : Turkey , India China and Russia , Madar Center for Israeli Studies , Ramallah 2011 (240 pages).
Authoring a paper on “ The Indian Foreign Policy vi-a-vis Palestine Question and the Growing Strategic and economic Relations with Israel, Arab Journal of Political sciences , Beirut : Center for Arab Unity Studies , 2012 .
Authoring a paper on “ Netanyahu’s Strategy : A Question of Occupation and A Dilemma of Recognition , International Journal of west Asian Studies , Vol. 5, No.1, Malaysia , 2013.
- The Interaction of Political Islam with Democracy : The Political Platform of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as Case Study , International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences , Center for promoting Ideas , the USA , vol. 3, no.11, June 2013.
Research Interests
Youth and student movement in the Palestinian territory
Civil society
Political elites
Democratization
Social movements
Non- violence resistance
Social and political change
Critical thinking