Lorenzo Kamel

Lorenzo Kamel PhD is a Marie Curie experienced researcher at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRAIS) and a senior fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). He is also a non-resident associate at Harvard University's CMES, where he served as a post-doctoral fellow for two years. Among his most recent books: ‘Arab Spring and Peripheries’ (Routledge 2016) and ‘Imperial Perceptions of Palestine: British Influence and Power in Late Ottoman Times' (I.B. Tauris 2015), shortlisted for the Palestine Book Award 2016.

Why we hate our reflections: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State

Al Saud might be afraid of many things, but the main threat to their survival comes from within their historical legacy, from their own language; from the Islamic State.

By Lorenzo Kamel

/ 30 Jan 2015

‘Two states’ or ‘one state’ with full citizenship for the Palestinians: a misleading dichotomy

These options distract people from the real priority: to find (or strengthen) practical forms of pressure in support of international consensus.

By Lorenzo Kamel

/ 11 Aug 2014

Acre and the tragedy of solipsism

The tendency to simplify, deny or demonize the other is very common among Palestinians and Israelis alike. The reasoning beneath these mental approaches is clear: we don’t know and/or understand you, thus you don’t – or didn’t – exist.

By Lorenzo Kamel

/ 13 Nov 2013

Acre and the tragedy of solipsism

By Lorenzo Kamel

/ 13 Nov 2013

On the “legitimacy” of the colonization of the Palestinian territories

The commonly propagated support for Israeli settlement of the Palestinian territories is based on a selective use of the history of the region, as well as a problematic interpretation of international law and on the exploitation of a powerful feeling: fear.

By Lorenzo Kamel

/ 13 Jun 2013