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Zakia Aqra

Ζακία Άκρα

Η Ζακία Άκρα έχει ολοκληρώσει το μεταπτυχιακό της στην Πολιτική της Μέση Ανατολή στο SOAS, Λονδίνο, (2014), η πτυχιακή της έρευνα ήταν σχετικά με την εξωτερική πολιτική της Οργάνωσης για την Απελευθέρωση της Παλαιστίνης/ Παλαιστινιακής Αρχής. Για το δεύτερο μεταπτυχιακό της στη Διεθνή Πολιτική Οικονομία στο Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και πολιτικών μελετών, Αθήνα (2015), της χορηγήθηκε υποτροφία από το Ίδρυμα Ωνάση (2014-2015) για τη διεξαγωγή πρωτογενούς έρευνας για την αναπτυξιακή βοήθεια της Ελλάδας στην Οργάνωση για την Απελευθέρωση της Παλαιστίνης/ Παλαιστινιακής Αρχής. Ολοκλήρωσε τις προπτυχιακές της σπουδές στο Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Σπουδών στο Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο, Αθήνα, για την οποία της δόθηκε υποτροφία από το Ελληνικό Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (2005-2011). Μιλά Ελληνικά, Αγγλικά, Αραβικά, και ιταλικά και έχει εργαστεί για πολλά χρόνια ως μεταφράστρια/διερμηνέας. Ως ειδική για θέματα πολιτιστικά, θρησκευτικά, κοινωνικά και πολιτικά στην Μέση Ανατολή, η Ζακία Άκρα έχει συνεργαστεί ως δια-διαπολιτισμικός μεσολαβητής και διερμηνέας με ξένους ανταποκριτές και ειδησεογραφικές ομάδες εντός Ελλάδας και στο εξωτερικό καθώς και με ΜΚΟ όπως το Οικουμενικό Πρόγραμμα Προσφύγων- της Ιεράς Συνόδου της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος - εταίρος της Ύπατης Αρμοστείας. Είναι επίσης μέλος της ερευνητικής ομάδας του Κέντρου για τον Θρησκευτικό Πλουραλισμό στην Μέση Ανατολή (CRPME) – πρωτοβουλία του ΥΠΕΞ. Είναι μέλος της ερευνητικής ομάδας στο Κέντρο Μεσογειακών, Μεσανατολικών και Ισλαμικών Σπουδών (ΚΕΜΜΙΣ) από τον Απρίλιο του 2010.

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Zakia Aqra

Zakia Aqra has obtained a MSC in Middle East Politics at SOAS, London, (2014); her master thesis was on the foreign policy of the PLO/PA. For her second MSc in International Political Economy at Panteion University of Social and Political Studies, Athens (2015), she was awarded a scholarship from the Onassis Foundation (2014-2015) to conduct primary field research on the development assistance of Greece to the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian Authority (PLO/PA). She completed her BSc in International and European Studies at Panteion University, Athens, for which she was granted a full-scholarship from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005-2011). She is fluent in English, Greek, Arabic, and Italian and she has worked for several years as a translator/interpreter. As an expert in middle eastern cultural, religious, social and political affairs, Zakia Aqra has worked with refugees in Greece as an intra-cultural mediator and interpreter with foreign journalists and news outlets across Europe, but also with NGOs, including the Ecumenical Refugee Programme- of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece- an implemented partner of UNHCR. She is a research expert at the Centre for Religious Pluralism in the Middle East - CRPME – a Greek MFA initiative. She is a research associate at the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS) since April 2010.

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Wednesday, 24 February 2016 02:00

Russo-Iranian Relations: A Friendship Found Between Tactic and Strategic Partnership

In the last decade and a half, most analysts argue that the Russo-Iranian relation is primarily driven by external factors, particularly their desire to counter the US hegemony in the broader region, rather than the bilateral relations. Seen under the prism of a zero-sum game, the rapprochement of Tehran with the West brings many analysts to re-evaluate and question the Russian-Iranian ties. The arguments seem to lean towards Iran shunning Russia, disregarding multiple crucial factors related to the Iranian domestic political scene, their collaboration in Syria and even in the Caucasus. Despite the limitations and the ‘watchfulness’ between Moscow and the Islamic Republic, these factors will hinder any serious regression in their cooperation in the near future.
Published in Middle East Flashpoints
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  • Iran
  • Russia
  • USA
  • Nuclear Program
  • Ιράν
  • Ρωσία
  • ΗΠΑ
  • πυρηνικό πρόγραμμα
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Thursday, 23 October 2014 03:00

A perpetual identity crisis: ISIS through Arab eyes

The way the Arab and Muslim people in the region react to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)reveals the boundaries of the Islamic State (IS) identity formation. Even though ISIS aspires to supplant other religious, Arab and national identities, in reality the IS cannot unshackle itself from these identities.
Published in Middle East Flashpoints
Tagged under
  • ISIS
  • ISI
  • Syria
  • Jordan
  • Iraq
  • Political Islam
  • ΙΚ
  • ISI
  • Συρία
  • Ιορδανία
  • Ιράκ
  • Πολιτικό Ισλάμ
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 02:00

Hezbollah and the Syrian crisis: balancing on a teeterboard

As a result of the Syrian crisis, Shia’a and Sunni sporadic clashes are taking place mainly in northern Lebanon, including vindictive abductions and even arrests of politicians. Many analysts and politicians have been warning of a highly possible spillover of the Syrian crisis in Lebanon. First due to the intense sectarian character and vulnerability of Lebanon and second due to Hezbollah’s influence -backed by Syria and Iran- in the Lebanese political arena. The domestic realities of Lebanon and the critical situation of Hezbollah’s allies are bringing Hezbollah to a crossroad: will it join the fight to support Assad or not? The decisions to be made by the ‘Party of God’ at this point will be decisive not only for itself but for Lebanon as well.
Published in Middle East Flashpoints
Tagged under
  • Lebanon
  • Hezbollah
  • Syria
  • Iran
  • Λίβανος
  • Χεζμπολλά
  • Συρία
  • Ιράν
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Saturday, 04 August 2012 03:00

All eyes on MENA: Economy and the Arab Spring

The Arab Spring swept countries which share many common denominators, one of which is the socioeconomic disparity. Inexorably, political turmoil causes economic havoc. The stability and prosperity of the economies that were affected by the Arab Spring are a major concern to all and sundry; namely to their people, to all the other countries in ME NA that managed to sharply “escape” the Arab Spring and, not to mention, the international community.
Published in Middle East Flashpoints
Tagged under
  • Arab Spring
  • muslim brotherhood
  • Tunisia
  • Egypt
  • Persian Gulf
  • economy
  • Αραβική Άνοιξη
  • Αδερφοί Μουσουλμάνοι
  • Τυνησία
  • Αίγυπτος
  • Περσικός Κόλπος
  • οικονομία
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Wednesday, 23 November 2016 22:51

Elias Khoury, Gate of the Sun, New York: Picador, 2007

Elias Khoury, Gate of the Sun, New York: Picador, 2007

The mere narration of these stories reflects the Palestinians’ rigid persistence of memory -to re-call and to remember- given that the past can conceal the present and disregard the future. Elias Khoury’s stories explain why Palestinians have either the need or are forced to remember; for some Palestinians, Palestine is more the actual memory of it rather than the land. So keeping Palestine alive in their memory is keeping themselves alive. The stories unfold the part of history which has never been written, trapped with emotions that conflict creates which encapsulate and explain today’s’ tart reality. Reminiscence is a bittersweet comfort and nostalgia has become part of the Palestinian identity in a struggle to survive.

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Tagged under
  • Elias Khoury
  • Palestine
  • Lebanon
  • refugees
  • israelipalestinian conflict
  • Nakba
  • literature
  • Παλαιστίνη
  • Λίβανος
  • πρόσφυγες
  • ισραηλοπαλαιστινιακή σύγκρουση
  • λογοτεχνία
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Sunday, 01 October 2000 23:10

Zakia Aqra (Ph.D Candidate)

Zakia Aqra (Ph.D Candidate)
Published in Research Associates
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Wednesday, 27 May 2015 03:00

Interview with the Ambassador of Palestine in Athens, Marwan Emile Toubassi

Published in Interviews
Tagged under
  • Palestine
  • palestinian authority
  • Christians
  • ISIS
  • Hamas
  • salafi
  • Greece
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Monday, 20 December 2010 02:00

Interview with Elias Khoury

Published in Interviews
Tagged under
  • Elias Khoury
  • Lebanon
  • democracy
  • civil rights
  • Palestine
  • israelipalestinian conflict
  • Nakba
  • Israel
  • literature
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