Rafeef Ziadah

Topics of Interest:
Labour Movements, Political Economy, Multiculturalism, Critical Race Theory, Infrastructure Projects, Logistics Cities, Free Economic Zones, Regional Integration, Capital Accumulation

Countries/Regions of Interest:
Middle East, GCC, Palestine 

List of Publications

Book Chapters:
2013 “Worker to Workers Solidarity: BDS in the trade union movement” in Generation Palestine: Voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. Edited Rich Wiles, Pluto Press. 

2012 “Art for Palestine: Re-narrating history and the present” in Organize! Building from the Local for Global Justice. Edited Aziz Choudry, Jill Hanley & Eric Shragge, PM Press.

2010 “Collective Approaches to Activist Knowledge: Experiences of the New Anti-Apartheid Movement in Toronto” in Learning from the Ground Up Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production. Edited by Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor, Palgrave Macmillan.  

Commissioned Research Reports:
2014 ‘Private Military and Security Companies: 10 Years After the Iraq War’.

2013 ‘G4S: Securing Profits, Globalizing Injustice’ for British Charity War on Want. April,

2013 ‘Killer Drones’ report for British Charity War on Want.

2009 ‘Labour for Palestine’ educational book for the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario, Canada.

Other Publications:
2014 “As the Gaza crisis deepens, boycotts can raise the price of Israel’s impunity”, The Guardian. 28 July.

2014 “Israel’s Wall: 10 Years Justice Denied” Open Democracy. 9 July.

2012 “Hague Charged With Complicity in Gaza Attacks” Huffington Post. 19 November.

Dr. Rafeef Ziadah currently holds postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of London, SOAS with the 'Military Mobilities and Mobilising Movements in the Middle East' project with Professor Laleh Khalili.  This Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project explores the development of cities, infrastructures, ports and transport in the Middle East and Gulf states.  Rafeef holds a PhD in Political Science from York University, Canada (2013) where her research focused on the intersection of the political economy of militarization and new forms of privatized warfare in the Middle East, emphasizing the role of the Canadian state – including the specific position of Canadian arms and security corporations – and the impact of these global structures on Arab and Palestinian communities residing in Canada.  

Rafeef’s research interests include labour movements and political economy, multiculturalism and critical race theory, with a particular focus on the Middle East. In her role as Senior Campaigns Officer at British charity War on Want (2010-2013), Rafeef led the organisations research and campaigns on Private Military and Security Companies and corporate complicity in human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  She is affiliated with the London Middle East Institute and the SOAS Institute for Palestine Studies