The Centre for Palestine Studies at Columbia University announced in May the third recipient of the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Palestinian Studies, Mezna Qato. Mezna grew up between Tulkarm and Chicago, receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. She is currently based at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. Mezna will spend Spring 2014 at Columbia University working on a book project based on her dissertation.
This award, which recognizes and seeks to foster innovative and ground-breaking scholarship on issues related to Palestine and Palestinians, has been made possible by the generosity of Abdel Mohsin Al-Qattan, through the A M Qattan Foundation, in honor of his friend, the Palestinian scholar and intellectual, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (1929-2001). Their close friendship began in the aftermath of the Nakbah of 1948 and evolved into a shared commitment to justice for Palestinians to be realized in part through support for excellence in higher education and scholarship. More