Quinn Coffey is a PhD candidate in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He received his Master’s degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2011. Quinn’s research focuses on the effects of the state building process on minority identity in Palestine, with a specific focus on the Palestinian Christian communities. His research also deals more broadly with theories of nationalism, minorities in the Middle East, the role of education in nation building, and the nationalism of stateless groups. Find him on Twitter @quinnpcoffey
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReflections on the collective punishment of GazaThe likelihood that 7000 homes in the Gaza Strip have been used as storage facilitates or military outposts is very...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe meaning of patience: a narrative from Bethlehem
An excerpt from an interview with a Palestinian Christian in Bethlehem, who isn't a politician or a militant, just a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGoogle Maps in Palestine
The landscape of Jerusalem is some of the most confusing and fractured in the world. Various armistice lines,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaContempt and humiliation greet the Pope's visit to the Holy Land
Just weeks before Pope Francis’ first official visit to the Holy Land, a number of Christian holy sites in Israel...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How to address apathy and avoid confusionThe post-1989 generation is the ‘shallow generation’ because of its proclivity for apathy. How can this inherently...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestinian Christians address Christian Zionism
The Christ at the Checkpoint conference taking place this week, hopes to discuss Palestinian Christian attitudes...