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Dr. Malaka Shwaikh is an Associate Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of St Andrews' School of International Relations since 2020. She holds a PhD in Middle East Politics (University of Exeter, 2019), an MA in Global Politics and Law (University of Sheffield, 2014), and a diploma in Peace Studies and Counter Extremism (Adyan Institute, Lebanon). Her research focuses on Palestinian resistance strategies, prison hunger strikes, gender studies in conflict zones, and oral history in displacement contexts. She has conducted fieldwork across the Levant, North Africa, and the Gulf region.
Professional memberships include the American Political Science Association (APSA) and BRISMES Council. Her recent work critiques resilience discourse and examines embodied resistance in prisons. She has supervised research on topics like French colonialism in Tunisia, racism in Arab comedy, and Afghan women in literature.
- Awards: APSA Fellowship (2019)
- Teaching: IR3038 Conflict Management, IR3048 Peacebuilding
Her publications analyze hunger strikes as civil resistance, Palestinian women's prison narratives, and translation in war zones. She has presented widely on resistance theory, language in conflict, and transgenerational memory in Palestinian oral history.
