Noura Erakat
Noura Erakat (/ˈnʊərə ˈɛrəkæt/, NOOR-ə ERR-ə-kat; Arabic: نورة صالح عريقات; born January 16, 1980)[1] is an American activist, university professor, legal scholar, and human rights attorney.[2][3] She is currently an associate professor at Rutgers University, specializing in international studies.[4] With her primary focus being the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, she is a vocal critic of the State of Israel.[5][6][7][8]
Noura Erakat | |
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| Born | Noura Saleh Erakat January 16, 1980 Alameda County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Activist, attorney |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, JD) Georgetown University (LLM) |
| Relatives | Yousef Erakat (brother) Saeb Erakat (uncle) Ahmad Erekat (cousin) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Education and career edit
Noura Erakat was born on January 16, 1980, in Alameda County, California. She attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was named a UC-Berkeley Human Rights Center Summer Fellow in 2003.[9] In 2005, she received her Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law and was awarded the Francine Diaz Memorial Scholarship Award.[10] She completed her L.L.M at Georgetown University Law Center in 2012.[4]
In 2010 she was a co-founder of Jadaliyya, an online magazine published in English, Arabic, and French, and which is affiliated with the non-profit Arab Studies Institute, operating in Washington, D.C. and Beirut.
Erakat has served as "legal counsel to the House of Representatives Oversight Committee"[3] and has previously taught at Georgetown University.[3][4] From 2012–2014, she was a Freedman Fellow with Temple University Beasley School of Law.[11] Erakat also has taught international studies at George Mason University at Fairfax, Virginia. She is currently an associate professor at Rutgers University.[12]
She currently serves on the board of the Institute for Policy Studies and serves as an associate professor at Rutgers University,[13] is a member of the Board of Directors for the Trans-Arab Research Institute,[14] and is a policy advisor with Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.[15]
Personal life edit
She is the sister of Yousef Erakat, better known by his YouTube moniker, FouseyTube.[16][17]
In June 2020, Erakat's cousin Ahmed's car collided with a military checkpoint in the West Bank near Abu Dis, following which he was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers.[18] The officers justified their actions as self-defense, saying that Ahmed attempted to ram his car into them, but Noura has disputed this.[19] Forensic Architecture and Al-Haq launched an investigation into the killing of Ahmed using 3D modeling, fieldwork, geolocation, synchronization, OSINT, and shadow analysis, and concluded that the car's collision with the checkpoint was an accident, that the Israeli shooting constituted an extrajudicial killing and excessive use of lethal force, and that the Israeli military had denied Ahmed urgent medical care.[20]
Selected works edit
Academic books edit
- Aborted State? The UN Initiative and New Palestinian Junctures. Co-edited with Mouin Rabbani, 2013.
- Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. 2019.
Academic papers edit
- "Palestinian Refugees and the Syrian Uprising: Filling the Protection Gap During Secondary Forced Displacement." Oxford Journal of International Refugee Law, Forthcoming.
- "New Imminence in the Time of Obama: The Impact of Targeted Killings on the Law of Self Defense." Arizona Law Review, Forthcoming.
- "The US v. The Red Cross: Customary International Humanitarian Law & Universal Jurisdiction." Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 41 Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 225 (Winter 2013).
- "It's Not Wrong, It's Illegal: Situating the Gaza Blockade Between International Law and the UN Response." UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, Vol. 11, No. 37, 2011–2012.
- "Operation Cast Lead: The Elusive Quest for Self-Defense in International Law." 36 Rutgers L. Rec. 164 (2009).
- "Litigating the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Politicization of U.S. Federal Courtrooms." 2 Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law 27 (2009).
Print media edit
- "U.S. Should Stop Funding Israel, or Let Others Broker Peace." New York Times, August 5, 2014.
- "Israeli operation not about security: Opposing view." USA Today, July 31, 2014.
- "Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza—Debunked." The Nation, July 25, 2014.
- "Structural Violence on Trial: BDS and the Movement to Resist Erasure." Los Angeles Review of Books, March 16, 2014.
Interviews edit
Radio edit
- Israel's greatest threats are internal, not Hamas or Iran, says former prime minister Ehud Barak CBC, June 5, 2018
- To The Point: "A New Shot at Peace Talks: Will it be Different this Time?" KCRW, July 31, 2013.
- Beyond Beijing: "Palestine seeking statehood bid in UN." China Radio International, November 21, 2012.
Video edit
- "Gaza in context.", gazaincontext.com, July 2016.
- "Debating the tactics and ethics of warfare on both sides of Mideast conflict." PBS NewsHour, July 24, 2014.
- "Gaza Debate: As Palestinian Deaths Top 100, Who's to Blame for Escalating Violence? What Can Be Done?." Democracy Now!, July 11, 2014.
- Up With Chris Hayes: "Obama wraps up first trip to Israel as president." MSNBC, March 22, 2013.
- Up With Chris Hayes: "What sparked escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza." MSNBC, November 17, 2012.
- "The Law in These Parts: A Discussion." WNET (PBS Thirteen)
Notes edit
- ^ @4noura (January 16, 2019). "For past 3 years my one bday wish was to complete the book project while not cutting corners and still remaining hu…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ . George Mason University. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
- ^ a b c . George Mason University. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Georgetown Bio". Georgetown University.
- ^ Welsh, Theresa (September 5, 2014). "West Bank Settlements Overshadow New Arab Housing in Jerusalem". U.S. News & World Report.
- ^ Rudoren, Jodi (August 26, 2014). "Cease-Fire Extended, but Not on Hamas's Terms". New York Times.
- ^ The Editors (July 30, 2014). "Israel Must Stop Its Campaign of Terror". The Nation.
{{cite magazine}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Large group of U.S. scholars endorse academic boycott of Israel". CBS News/Associated Press. December 17, 2013.
- ^ . UC Berkeley. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.
- ^ . Berkeley Law School. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.
- ^ . Temple University. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ^ . Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "Board Members". Institute for Policy Studies.
- ^ "Board of Directors: TARI". TARI.
- ^ "Policy Advisor: Al Shabaka". alshabaka.
- ^ Muller, Nat. . Portal 9. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^ "Jadaliyya: Noura Erakat". Jadaliyya.
- ^ "Palestinian Driver Shot Dead After Alleged Car-Ramming on Israeli Police". US News. Reuters. June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Palestinian Scholar Noura Erakat: Israeli Forces Killed My Cousin on His Sister's Wedding Day". Democracy Now!.
- ^ "The Extrajudicial Execution of Ahmed Erakat".
External links edit
- – George Mason University
- Noura Erakat on Twitter