‘Collective punishment is always wrong, but certainly if there is a claim that the citizens of Gaza are really supportive of this government — they’re really not,’ one of its authors told The Messenger Less than one-quarter of residents of the the Gaza Strip said they would vote for Hamas if given the opportunity, and more than two-thirds said they…
Aseel Alayli
Opinions of Hamas from Palestinians in Gaza
Israel’s pummeling of Gaza with airstrikes continues almost three weeks since the attack by Hamas militants into southern Israel on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 Israelis. As the death toll mounts in Gaza, there is concern that all Palestinians there are being lumped together with Hamas and seen as legitimate targets. Host Marco Werman speaks with Amaney Jamal,…
Mark Tessler Symposium
Join us for a research symposium honoring the career of Mark Tessler Presentations by: Michael D. Robbins, Project Director & Co-Principal Investigator, Arab Barometer, Princeton University Amaney Jamal, Dean, Princeton School for Public and International Affairs, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University Diana Greenwald, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, City College…
Youth Outlooks: Life Quality and Economic Conditions (Press Release)
In this two-part Arab Pulse blog series, Arab Barometer’s research specialist, Maitha Alsuwaidi, explores MENA youth’s outlook on their quality of life and economic conditions. Here are nine key findings from the two-part blog series: MENA Youth’s (ages 18-29) perceptions on quality of life and their countries’ economies are not different from the perceptions of older age groups. When it…
Confounding and confirming expectations on the “care economy” in MENA
Press Release Key findings from Salma Al-Shami and Maitha AlSuwaidi‘s new blog: -Arab Barometer findings from 12 countries surveyed in the seventh wave (2021-2022) partially confound expectations on unpaid care work in the region. The latest findings disrupt patriarchal preconceptions with respect to sharing childcare responsibilities but reinforce them when it comes to insisting that budgeting and spending are the…
Female Political Participation Inspires Confidence In Female Political Leadership in MENA
Press Release Key findings from MaryClare Roche, PhD‘s new blog : Levels of disagreement with the idea that men make better political leaders than women is at an all-time high in eight of the eleven countries for which Arab Barometer has trend data. However, these changes are not just young people with more equal gender views coming of age. Instead,…