Helga Baumgarten

Helga Baumgarten is a Political Scientist affiliated with Birzeit University, where she taught for many years. She has published internationally on Palestinian Nationalism, on Political Islam and on the problem of transformations in the Arab region.
Her major books are “Palaestina. Befreiung in den Staat. 1991. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp (Palestine. Liberation into the State. Arabic translation 2006: Muwatin ) and “Kampf um Palaestina: Was wollen Hamas und Fatah?” (Herder Verlag 2014). Among her many articles are “The Oslo System” (in German in INAMO 79, 2014, available in English on academia.edu).
Her latest publications include “The struggle for democratic space under violent settler colonialism and authoritarian rule”, published in July, 2021, in: Mackert, Juergen et alii (eds.). The Condition of Democracy, vol.3, p.90-109, as well as “No peace for Palestine. The long war against Gaza. Occupation and Resistance” (in German. Published with Promedia, Vienna, in September 2021. An Arabic translation has been published in January 2024 with Doha Institute).

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