Muslim World

Political Opinion: Hamas and the Removal of the Ideological Cloak

By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. There have been recent calls for Hamas to “shed its ideological cloak,” abandon its Islamist stance, and transform into [...]

Academic Paper: Non-Arab Muslims and Operation al-Aqsa Flood

By: Prof. Dr. Walid ‘Abd al-Hay.[1] (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre). Introduction Muslims comprise approximately 24.9% of the world’s population, totaling about 1.907 billion people. They [...]

Political Analysis: The Significance of Hamas’s Visit to Saudi Arabia

By: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh. The visit of Hamas delegation to Saudi Arabia opened a new page for the relation between the two sides [...]

Academic Paper: The Quantitative Approach in Evaluating Summits

By: Prof. Dr. Walid ‘Abd al-Hay.[1] (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre). Introduction Opinions often differ when assessing a particular political event, and since political phenomenon is [...]

Situation Assessment:  The Return of Turkey-Israel Relations: What is New?

By: Dr. Said El-Haj.[1] (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre). Summary The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the appointment of the Chargé d’Affaires in Ankara, Irit [...]

Academic Paper: The Mirror Mental Images in the Iranian and Israeli Collective Mind

By: Prof. Dr. Walid ‘Abd al-Hay.[1] (Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre). Introduction Mirror images that societies maintain of one another should not be overlooked in the [...]

The Palestinian Strategic Report 2012–2013

This annual referential report, has become an essential classic in the academic realm of Palestinian Studies. It includes the latest and most recent statistical and [...]

Overview:

Al-Zaytouna Centre conducts strategic and futuristic academic studies on the Arab and Muslim worlds. It focuses on the Palestinian issue and the conflict with Israel as well as related Palestinian, Arab, Islamic and international developments.

General Manager

Mohsen Moh’d Saleh, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Modern and Contemporary Arab History, the general manager of al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations, editor-in-chief of the annual Palestinian Strategic Report, former head of Department of History and Civilization at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), and former executive manager of Middle East Studies Centre in Amman.
He was granted the Bait al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) award for Young Muslims Scholars in 1997 and the Excellent Teaching Award (College level), given by IIUM in 2002. Dr. Mohsen is the author of 13 books and some of his books were translated into several languages. He contributed chapters to seven books. He is the editor/ co-editor of more than 30 books. Dr. Mohsen is the editor of electronic daily “Palestine Today,” which has so far published more than 3,777 issues. He has published many articles in refereed scholarly journals and magazines. He presented papers at innumerable academic local and international conferences and seminars. He is a frequent commentator on current issues on broadcasting media.
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