Mouin Rabbani

Mouin Rabbani
Born (1964-07-10) 10 July 1964
Heerenveen, Netherlands
EducationTufts University (BA)
Georgetown University (MA)
OccupationsJournalist, analyst

Mouin Rabbani (Arabic: معين رباني) is a Dutch-Palestinian Middle East analyst specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs.[1][2]

As of 2012, Rabbani was based in Amman, Jordan[1] and was a Senior Analyst for the International Crisis Group, the Palestine Director of the Palestine American Research Center, a Project Director for the Association of Netherlands Municipalities, and a volunteer and General Editor for Al Haq.[2] Rabbani was a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies,[2][3] a co-editor of Jadaliyya,[4] and a Contributing Editor to the Middle East Report.[2]

Background

Rabbani was born in Heerenveen, Netherlands. His parents were Palestinian refugees.[5] He received his B.A. in history and international relations from Tufts University in 1986. Additionally, Mouin Rabbani received his M.A. in contemporary Arab studies from Georgetown University.[6][7][8]

Career

For a short period of time, Rabbani worked for the United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Syria before resigning in 2014.[9] He also worked as head of the Middle East unit at the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and as a senior Middle East analyst and special advisor on Israel-Palestine at the International Crisis Group. He also served as a researcher with Al Haq, the West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists.[10]

Rabbani serves as co-editor of Jadaliyya, where he hosts the Connections podcast and oversees the Quick Thoughts section. He is managing editor and associate editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and a contributing editor of Middle East Report. He is also a nonresident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies and at Democracy for the Arab World Now.[10]

Writing

Rabbani has written for a variety of publications including Third World Quarterly,[2] Journal of Palestine Studies,[2] The Nation,[1] Foreign Policy,[11] London Review of Books,[12][13] NRC[14] and The Hill.[15] His opinion and analysis has been cited by international news media such as The New York Times,[16][17] The Guardian,[18] Reuters,[19] Haaretz,[20] The Washington Post,[21] and Al Jazeera.[3][22] Unlike some of his contemporaries, he has been critical of the feasibility of a one-state solution to the Israel–Palestine conflict, at least in the short term.[23]

Books

Interviews

References

  1. ^ a b c "Author Bios: Mouin Rabbani". The Nation. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "IPS Fellow: Mouin Rabbani". Institute for Palestine Studies. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ a b Samaha, Nour (22 September 2012). "Palestine statehood team a 'cause of concern'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Bio: Mouin Rabbani". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Mouin Rabbani". VPRO (in Dutch). 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  6. ^ "PARC Who We Are:Mouin Rabbani". Palestinian American Research Center. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  7. ^ "This House believes that after Gaza, Arab unity is dead and buried". The Doha Debates. Retrieved 14 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "NIMEP INSIGHTS: Volume II, Spring 2006". Tufts University. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  9. ^ Rabbani, Mouin (19 February 2015). "Mr Freeze". London Review of Books. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Mouin Rabbani Nonresident Senior Fellow". Middle East Council on Global Affairs. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  11. ^ Rabbani, Mouin (10 October 2012). "Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  12. ^ Rabbani, Mouin. "Abbas's Next Move". London Review of Books. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  13. ^ Khalidi, Rashid (30 September 2011). "The Palestinians' Next Move". The National Interest. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Auteur: Mouin Rabbani". NRC (in Dutch).
  15. ^ Rabbani, Mouin. "Palestine at the UN: An alternative strategy". The Hill. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  16. ^ MacFarquhar, Neil (18 September 2012). "Palestinians Turn to U.N., Where Partition Began". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  17. ^ Rabbani, Mouin. "Mouin Rabbani Quoted in The New York Times". Institute for Palestine Studies. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  18. ^ Sherwood, Harriet (8 October 2012). "Romney on foreign policy: view from Israel and the Palestinian territories". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  19. ^ Entous, Adam (18 June 2007). "After Gaza, some question who was overthrowing whom". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  20. ^ "PA Finance Minister may use foreign account to ease Western embargo". Haaretz. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  21. ^ Brulliard, Karin (21 June 2012). "Palestinian anti-corruption court secures conviction but raises questions of bias". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  22. ^ Rabbani, Mouin. "Mouin Rabbani Quoted on Aljazeera". Institute of Palestine Studies. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  23. ^ Rabbani, Mouin (28 October 2013). "What Comes Next: Strategy before solutions". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
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