Born in Jerusalem. Living since in the city, I am interested in Jews, Arabs and Jewish-Arab relations. My fields of research and teaching include Palestinian society and politics; Zionist perspectives on the war of 1948; Palestinian refugees and the Nakba;  Religion (Judaism, Islam and Christianity) and the Jewish-Arab encounter; Israeli security agencies; Palestinian collaborators; justice and reconciliation; Palestinian and Hebrew literature.  

Course taught:

The Zionist-Palestinian Conflict; Local Palestinian History; Reading Arabic Texts

Recent publications:

2025. Enemies, Love Story: Mizrahi-Arab-Ashkenazi Relations Since the Dawn of Zionism. Penn State University Press;

Between the Jordan and the Sea: My Memories Between the Two Nations. Tel Aviv: Altneuland (Hebrew).