Afaf Jabiri

Dr Afaf Jabiri is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Centre for Social Justice and Change at the University of East London. She leads MA programs in Refugee Studies and Conflict, Displacement, and Human Security. Her work bridges academic research and policy advocacy, focusing on gender in the Middle East, Palestinian refugee rights, and decolonial methodologies.

Qualifications include a PhD in Gender Studies from SOAS, University of London, and prior roles at LSE and SOAS. Her research examines gender regimes in Jordan, settler colonialism, and the intersection of humanitarianism with structural violence. Notable works include Gendered Politics of Law in Jordan (2016) and Palestinian Refugee Women From Syria to Jordan (2024).

Current research explores silence around gender-based violence in conflict zones across Sudan, Yemen, and Palestine. She also critiques Western feminist complicity in anti-Palestinianism through decolonial frameworks. Teaching includes courses on gender, humanitarianism, and migration.