Noura Erekat

Noura Erekat is a human rights attorney and an Assistant Professor at George Mason University. She has taught international human rights law in the Middle East at Georgetown University since Spring 2009. Noura is a Co-Founding Editor of Jadaliyya, an electronic magazine on the Middle East that combines scholarly expertise and local knowledge. Most recently she served as Legal Counsel for the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee in the House of Representatives. Follow her on Twitter at @4noura

Israel/ Palestine

Palestine, International Law, and a Radically Just Future

Noura Erekat

By Noura Erakat Introduction Al-Shabaka – In her new book, Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, Al-Shabaka Policy Analyst Noura Erakat breaks new ground in her approach to international law as it pertains to Palestine. Analysts have generally considered the law in this context as either essentially beneficent if deployed properly, or […]

Israel/ Palestine

Everything you Always wanted to Know about Palestine and were afraid to Ask (Noura Erekat CBS Video Interview)

Noura Erekat

New York (CBS News) Noura Erakat, a human rights attorney and assistant professor at George Mason University, discusses the Palestinian reaction to the U.S. embassy opening in Jerusalem and examines the influence of Hamas on Palestinians in Gaza. CBS News: “How are Palestinians reacting to the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and violence in Gaza?”