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School of Politics and International Relations

Shahrazad Odeh

 Shahrazad Odeh

Email: s.odeh@qmul.ac.uk

Research Topic: The influence of guns on the lives of Palestinian citizens of Israel

Supervisor(s): Dr Sharri Plonski, Dr Katharine Hall

Research Interests: Racial violence, settler-colonial studies, affect theory, and materiality

Education/Professional Qualifications:

  • LL.M. Public International Law and Gender Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • LL.B. Law, Ono Academic College

Work Experience

Prior to joining QMUL, I have worked as a lawyer with feminist and human rights organizations in Israel-Palestine, providing legal consultation and advocating for policy change to advance the rights of Palestinians and of Palestinian women in particular. I have also served as a research consultant for various groups focusing on gun violence, demilitarization of the public sphere, and countering racial and gendered violence.

Publications:

Academic Journals 

Odeh, S., & Sayed, K. (2022). Societal Experiences of Combating Violence and Crime. Mada al-Carmel, Arab Center for Applied Social Research, 77-93 (Arabic) 

Shalhoub-Kevorkian, N., & Odeh. S. (2018). Arrested Childhood in Spaces of Indifference: The Criminalized Children of Occupied East Jerusalem. The Canadian Journal of Women and Law, 30(3), 398-422.

Book Chapters

Odeh, S. (2024). Guilty by Default: The Legal Process of Unchilding Palestinians. In Morrison, H. (Ed.), Lived Resistance against the War on Palestinian Children. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS.

Selected Monographs 

Odeh, S., Sayed. K. (2022). A global look at societal experiences of combating violence and crime, Ahel for Community Organizing (Arabic). 

Baloum, W., et al. (2022). Violence and Crime Among Palestinian Youth in Israel: Factors and Context, Baladna Association for Arab Youth & Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK. 

Darweish, M., et al. (June 2020). Nine Years of Bloodshed, A statistical Report on Homicide Cases Among Arab Palestinians in Israel (2011-2019), Baladna Association for Arab Youth & Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University. 

Odeh, S. (2020). Seeking Protection: Survivors of Sexual Violence and their Access to Services in Palestine, UNFPA. 

Selected Articles in Media Outlets 

Odeh, S. (2020, Dec.) ‘How crime became a cover for Israel to tighten control of Palestinian citizens’, +972 Magazine. 

Odeh, S. (2017, Oct.) ‘How Israel’s Gun Laws Reinforce Ethno-Supremacy & Misogyny’, Muftah.

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