Samia al-Botmeh

Economics and Gender Studies at Birzeit University in Ramallah, West Bank. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, and her thesis is entitled “Gender Differentials in Labor Market Outcomes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Previously, al-Botmeh worked as Senior Researcher and Coordinator of Research at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) in Ramallah and has published extensively on contemporary Palestinian economics, labor markets, and gender differentials.