Anaheed Al-Hardan

Anaheed Al-Hardan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, American University of Beirut. Her research focuses on coloniality, decolonial thought, and Palestinian narratives within Arab contexts. She teaches a graduate course on the Decolonial Turn at the Middle East Institute (MEI).

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Her work examines counter-memory frameworks, south-south liberation philosophies, and the transformation of Nakba discourse in Arab intellectual traditions. Key publications include her award-winning book Palestinians in Syria: Nakba Memories of Shattered Communities (2016) and articles in Journal of Palestine Studies, Qualitative Inquiry, and Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Her articles collectively analyze Palestinian refugee memory, decolonial methodologies, and the evolution of Nakba concepts in Arab thought. Current projects explore Arab decolonial theory within south-south liberation frameworks.

• Awards: 2016 London Palestine Book Award for her monograph.

Teaching and research emphasize critical epistemologies, decolonizing academic practices, and linking historical trauma to contemporary resistance movements. No student advisees or grant details were explicitly listed in the text.