Mkhaimar Abusada is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and currently a visiting professor at Northwestern University. We spoke with him about his early life and education in Palestine as a child of refugees and his graduate studies in the United States, his experience teaching political science at Al-Azhar University from the late 1990s, and what has become of his university, his colleagues, and his students since the onset of the Gaza genocide in 2023.

The interview is divided into three parts:

Part 1: Early life, education in Jabalia refugee camp and Birzeit University, and graduate study in the United States. 

 

Part 2: Teaching political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, 1997-2023.

 

Part 3: The unfolding genocide, 2023-present.

 

Transcripts here.