2025 Non-resident Palestinian Fellows
Ahmed Moor is a Palestinian-American writer born in Gaza. He is an advisory board member of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights, co-editor of After Zionism (Saqi Books) and is currently writing a book about Palestine. He also currently serves on the board of the Independence Media Foundation. His work has been published in The Guardian, The London Review of Books, The Nation, and elsewhere. He earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania and an MPP at Harvard University.
Listen here to Ahmed discussing his background, the values that underlie and guide his work, and what he wants to share with FMEP’s audience as a 2025 FMEP Fellow, in this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” recorded on January 13, 2025.
Hilary Rantisi grew up in Palestine and has been involved with education and advocacy on the Middle East since her move to the US. She is currently the Associate Director of the Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative (RCPI) and co-instructor of Learning in Context: Narratives of Displacement and Belonging in Israel/Palestine at Harvard Divinity School. She has over two decades of experience in institution building at Harvard, having been the Director of the Middle East Initiative (MEI) at Harvard Kennedy School of Government prior to her current role. She has a BA in Political Science/International Studies from Aurora University and a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago. Before moving to the US, Hilary worked at Birzeit University and at the Jerusalem-based Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center. There, she co-edited a photo essay book Our Story: The Palestinians with the Rev. Naim Ateek. She has been involved with community leadership efforts and served on many boards to build multifaceted support for Palestinian rights and a more nuanced understanding of people’s lives in the Middle East region. Among them are The Gaza Mental Health Foundation, LE.O Foundation, Friends of Mada al-Carmel, Tawassul Palestinian Art and Culture Society, Friends of Sabeel North America, Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and Research and Education Collaborative with Al-Quds University. She has also served as a Board Trustee at Aurora University.
Listen here to Hilary discuss her background, the values that underlie and guide her work, and what she wants to share with FMEP’s audience as a 2025 FMEP Fellow, in this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” recorded on February 3, 2025.
To read about our prior Palestinian non-resident Fellows — Jehad Abusalim, Dr. Yara Asi, Rania Batrice, Rabea Eghbariah, Dr. Nour Joudah, and Dr. Maha Nassar — and see all of their FMEP programs, please click here.
Additional 2025 FMEP Non-Resident Fellows
Peter Beinart is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is also a Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York, a Contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, an Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, and an MSNBC Political Commentator. His newest book is Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning (published in 2025).