Associate Professor and Fulbright Scholar, Department of Geography, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA. (August 1991- June 1993).

Executive Director and Senior Researcher, The Galilee Center for Social Research, 1987-91

Lecturer, Dept. of History, University of Hebron, Hebron, West Bank, 1985-87

Research Fellow, Research Center for Arab Heritage, Tayiba, Palestine (1984-85)

Research Fellowships and Visiting Positions

Visiting Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (January -May 2000)

MacArthur Foundation research fellow and visiting Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (September 1993- July 1995)

CNRS Research Director, Espace et Culture Laboratory, U.F.R. de Geographie, Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, 191, rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, France (January 1994- May 1994)

College of Social Science Visitor, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada (June- August 1993)

Field Research Associate, Institute for Development Anthropology, Binghamton, N.Y., USA (1984-85)

Mr. Said T. Khoury, president of Consolidated Contractors International Company S. A. L. (CCC), Athens, Greece. Support for publication of The Arab World Geographer, Vol. 7, issues 1-2, 2004. (April 2004). 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic (Paris, France). Support for organization of AWG 2001 conference, sponsored by The Arab World Geographer on the topic: Geographies of the Euro Arab Encounter: Past, Present and Future,” Malta, 4-7 October 2001. (March 2001).

MEAwards program in Population and Social Sciences of the Population Council Regional Office for West Asia and North America, (Cairo, Egypt). Support for publication of The Arab World Geographer, Vol. 3, issue 4, 2000. (June 2000).

Mr. Hasib J. Sabbagh, chairman of Consolidated Contractors International Company S. A. L. (CCC), Athens, Greece. Support for publication of The Arab World Geographer, Vol. 3, issue 1, 200. (April 2000).

Mr. Said T. Khoury, president of Consolidated Contractors International Company S. A. L. (CCC), Athens, Greece. Support for publication of The Arab World Geographer, Vol. 2, issue 3, 1999. (July 1999).

Centre National de Recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France (1994). (January-May 1994).

The John D. and Catherine t. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, USA (1993). Program on Peace and International Cooperation. A grant for conducting a research project on “Relations between Arabs and Jews in ethnically mixed Israeli cities.” (September 1993). 

Institute for Palestine Studies, Nicosia, Cyprus (1991). A grant for writing a book on “Galilee and Judization Plans”. (May 1991).

U.S. Government (J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship), 1991-92. A grant for one year visit to University on Northern Iowa. (August 1991).

The Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies, Tokyo, Japan (1990). A grant for writing a research report on “Arabs in Galilee: Patterns of Territorial and Economic Control.” (January 1990).

Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation, Canada (1990). A research grant for conducting survey on “Land Ownership in 30 Arab villages and towns in Galilee.”

Ford Foundation, New York, USA (1989-91). A grant for conducting research project on the topic “Relations between Arabs and Jews in ethnically mixed cities.”

Fund for Development of Technical Education, Haifa (1989). A grant for writing a research report on “Development of Technical Education in the Arab Sector in Israel.”

Ford Foundation, New York, USA (1986-88). A grant for conducting research project on the topic “Urbanization of Arab Settlement in Galilee.”

Welfare Association, Geneva, Switzerland (1988). A grant for writing research report on the topic “Proposal for Development program for the Negev Bedouin population.”  

Research Center for Arab Heritage, Tayiba (1984-85). A grant for writing a book on “The Forgotten Palestinians: Arab An Naqab 1906-1986.”

Institute for Development Anthropology, Binghamton, N.Y., USA (1985). A grant for writing research report on the topic “The Development of Urban Functions in the Arab Settlement of Central Galilee: A field Research Report.”

Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, Washington, D.C., USA (1985). Amount: A grant for writing a book on “The Forgotten Palestinians: Arab An Naqab 1906-1986.”

2005    (With Caroline Nagel) eds. Geographies of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, and Space. New York: Guilford Publications, Inc. 337pp.

1993   Galilee and the Judaization Plans, Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut (Lebanon), 154 pp. (In Arabic). 

1990   Guest Editor, Some Geographical Aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, GeoJournal. Special issue, vol. 21. no.4

1989   The Forgotten Palestinians: Arab An Naqab 1906- 1986, Research Center for Arab Heritage, Tayiba (Israel) 222 pp. (In Arabic).

1983a  Patterns of Spontaneous Bedouin Settlement in Galilee, University of Durham, Dept. of Geography, Occasional Publications (N.S.), No. 18. 61 pp. 

1983b  The Role of the British Administration in the Sedentarization of the Bedouin Tribes in Northern Palestine 1918-1948, University of Durham, Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Occasional Papers, no. 17. 83 pp.

             Chapters in Collective Volumes:

2005a “The visual representation of Moslem/Arab women in daily newspapers in North America: A geographical perspective”. In Geographies of Muslim Women, edited by Ghazi-Walid Falah and Caroline Nagel (2005). New York: Guilford Publications, Inc. 

2005b  “Peace, deception and justification for territorial claims: The case of Israel.” In Geographies of War and Peace. (edited by Colin Flint)., pp. 297-320. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

2002 "The 'Green Line' Rivisited: October 2000." In The Razor's Edge, International Boundaries and Political Geography, Essays in Honour of Professor Gerald Blake. (edited by Alasdair Drysdale and David Newman)., pp. 493-511. London: Kluwer Law International.

2000  “Some socio-spatial perspectives of co-existence between Arabs and Jews in five mixed cities in Israel.” In Ethnicity and Housing: Accommodating the Differences. Aldershot, England: Avebury  (Edited By Frederick W. Boal), pp. 115-32.

1993   “Demography and division: a view from the Middle East.” In  Political Geography of the Twentieth Century: A Global Analysis, London: Belhaven Press (Edited by Peter J. Taylor, ), pp.245- 251.  

1987a  “The City of Hebron: A Geographical Introduction.” In Madinat Khalil al Ruhman.Research Center, University Graduates Union, Hebron,  pp.7-40. (In Arabic)

1987b  “The City of Hebron: Colonization and Judaization.” In Madinat Khalil al Ruhman. Research Center, University Graduates Union, Hebron, pp. 205-232. (In Arabic).

1985  “From Tent to Stone House.” Children's Britannica. Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, pp. 169-174. (In Hebrew) .

1984   “Recent Jewish Colonization in Hebron.” In The Impact of Gush Emunim: Politics an Settlement in the West Bank. Croom Helm, (David Newman, editor), pp. 231-246.

         Refereed articles in journals:

2008      “Geography in ominous intersection with interrogation and torture: reflections on detention in Israel.” Third World Quarterly, Vol. 29, pp. 747-764

2007  "The politics of doing geography: 23 days in the hell of Israeli detention."  Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Vol. 25, pp. 587 -593.

2006  (with Colin Flint and Virginie Mamadouh). “Just War and Extra-Territoriality: The popular geopolitics of the U.S.’s War on Iraq as reflected in newspapers of the Arab World.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 96 (1), pp. 142-164.

2005a  “Geopolitics of ‘Enclavisation’ and the Demise of a Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Third World Quarterly 26 (8), pp. 1341-1372.

2005b  “Speaking the Truth to Power: Jim Blaut, Counter-Memory and Justice in Palestine.” Antipode 37(5), pp. 1033-1037.

2005c “Editorial: Is a Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Still Possible?” The Arab World Geographer 8(3), pp. 104-108.

2004a  (with Colin Flint) “How the United States Justified its War on Terrorism: Prime Morality and the Construction of a “Just War.” Third World Quarterly 25 (8), pp. 1379-1399.

2004b  Truth at War and Naming the Intolerable in Palestine. Antipode Vol. 36 (4), pp. 590-94.

2004c War, Peace and land seizure in Palestine’s border area. Third World Quarterly, Vol. 25(5), pp. 957-77

2004d (with Colin Flint) “Introduction: The Contribution and Legacy of Edward W. Said.” The Arab Word Geographer Vol. 7 (1-2), pp. 2-3.

2004e (with Colin Flint) “Geopolitical Spaces: The Dialectic of Public and Private Space in Palestine-Israel Conflict.” The Arab Word Geographer Vol. 7 (1-2), pp. 11—134.

2003a  “Editorial: Whose War?” The Arab World Geographer Vol. 6, pp. 1-6.

2003b  “Dynamics and Patterns of the Shrinking of Arab Lands in Palestine. Political Geography, Vol. 22, pp. 179-209.

2001  “Guest Commentary: Intifadat al-aqsa and the Bloody Road to Palestinian Independence.” Political Geography, Vol. 20, no. 2, pp.135-137.

2000a  “Israel and the Palestinian land in Israel,” Majallat al-Dirasat al-falastiniyah (Beirut), no. 42, pp. 62-89. (In Arabic).

2000b  (with Hoy and Sarker) Coexistence in selected mixed Arab-Jewish cities in Israel: By choice or by default? Urban Studies, Vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 775-796.

1999a  “No longer ‘Lost in the Desert’: Human Geography from within the Arab World since 1985, Part I, The Arab World Geographer, Vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 87-115.

1999b “Welfare geography of a peripheralized national minority: The case of Israel’s Arab population,” Urban Geography, Vol. 20, pp. 417-437.

1998   “Editorial / Éditorial,” The Arab World Geographer, Vol. 1 (1), pp. 1-5. 

1997a    “Ethnic perceptual differences of housing and neighbourhood quality in mixed Arab-Jewish cities in Israel,” Environment and Planning A, Vol. 29, pp. 1663- 1674.

1997b    “Reenvisioning current discourse: Alternative territorial configurations of Palestinian Statehood,” The Canadian Geographer , Vol. 41. no. 3, pp. 307- 30

1997c   (with D. Newman) “Bridging the gap: Palestinian and Israeli discourses on autonomy and statehood”, Transactions, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 111-129.

1996a   “Living Together Apart: Residential Segregation in Mixed Arab-Jewish Cities,” Urban Studies, Vol. 33., No. 6, pp. 823-857.

1996b   “The 1948 Israeli-Palestinian War and its Aftermath: the Transformation and DeSignification of Palestine’s Cultural Landscape,” Annals of the Association of American  Geographers, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 256-285.

1996c   (with D. Newman) “The dynamics of state formation and the geography of Palestinian self determination.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie,  Vol. 87, No.1, pp. 60-72.

1996d   “On Israeli geographic practice: a brief response to Kellerman and thoughts on future prospects,” Area , Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 225-228.

1995a   (with D. Newman) “Small state behaviour: On the formation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,” The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 219- 234.

1995b   (with D. Newman) “The manifestation of threat: Israelis and Palestinians seek a `good' border,” Political Geography, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 689-706.

1995c   “Facing the New World Order: Middle Eastern Geopolitics and the Palestinian Peace Strategy,” GeoJournal, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 145-160.

1994  “The Frontier of political criticism in Israeli geographic practice,”  Area, Vol. 26, No.1, pp.1-12.

1993  “Trends in the Urbanization of Arab Settlements in Galilee,”  Urban Geography, Vol. 14, no. 2. pp.145- 164.

1992 “Land Fragmentation and spatial control in the Nazareth metropolitan area,” The Professional Geographer, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 30-44.

1991a    “Israeli ‘Judaization’ policy in Galilee,” Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 20, No.4, pp. 69- 85.

1991b   “Pre-state Jewish colonization in northern Palestine and its impact on local bedouin Sedentarization 1914 – 1948,”  Journal of Historical Geography, Vol.17, No.3, pp.289-309.

1991c    “Scholarly openness and the role of Israeli Geographers.” Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol. 15, No.1.pp.81-85.

1991d    “The facts and fictions of Judaization policy and its impact on the majority Arab population in Galilee,” Political Geography Quarterly, Vol. 10, No.3, pp.297- 316.

1990a    “The Evolution of Semi-nomadism in Non-desert Environment: The Case of Galilee in the 19th Century,”  GeoJournal, Vol.21, No.4,pp.397-410.

1990b   “On Writing Palestinian Geography: Guest Editor’s Note,”  GeoJournal, Vol.21, No.4, pp.315-316.

1990c   “Arabs versus Jews in Galilee: Competition for Regional Resources,”  GeoJournal, Vol. 21, No.4, pp.325 - 336.

1990d   “Pluralism and Resource Allocation among Arab and Jewish Citizens in Israel,” Majallat al-Dirasat al-Falastiniyah (Beirut), Vol. 4, pp. 109-132. (In Arabic).

1989a    “Israelization of Palestine Human Geography,”  Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 13, No.4, pp.535- 550.

1989b    “Israeli ‘Judaization’ Policy in Galilee and its Impact on Local  Arab Urbanization”, Political Geography Quarterly. Vol.8, No.3, pp.229-253.

1989c    “Israeli State Policy Towards Bedouin Sedentarization in the Negev,” Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, pp. 71-91.

1985a   “La distribucion espacial de la sedentarizacion de beduinos en Israel,” Documents d'Analisi Geografica, Barcelona, Vol. 6, pp. 45-66 (in Spanish; trans. of 1985c).

1985b  “Planned Bedouin Settlement in Israel: The Reply,” Geoforum, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 440-451.

1985c  “The Spatial Pattern of Bedouin Sedentarization in Israel,” GeoJournal, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 361-368.

1985d   “How Israel Controls the Bedouin in Israel,”  Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 35-51.

1983   “The Development of the ‘Planned Bedouin Settlement’ in Israel 1964-1982: Evaluation  and Characteristics,” Geoforum, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 311-323.

          Unrefereed professional articles and publications:

1986  “Palestinian Geography: A Critique,” Al-Mawaki Cultural Magazine, Nazareth, Vol. 3, No. 1-2, pp. 45-59. (In Arabic).

1985  “An Analysis of the Map of Jewish Land Acquisitions in Palestine 1914-1948,” Al-Mawakib Cultural Magazine, Nazareth, Vol. 2, No. 5-6, pp. 6-23, 64 (In Arabic).

1984  “Arab Al Sawaid al Kammana as a ‘Chain’ in the Judaization Policy of Galilee,” Al-Mawakib Cultural Magazine, Nazareth, Vol. 1, No. 5-6, pp. 31-39.(In Arabic).

1981  “Pre-Nineteenth Century Exploration of Palestine,” The Journal of the Durham University Geographical Society, 23, pp. 51-55.

          Book reviews:

2001  Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine by Deborah S. Bernstein. Albany: state University of New York Press. Urban Studies. Volume 38 (9), pp. 1491-1493.

1999  Palestinian Identity, The construction of modern national consciousness by Rashid Khalidi. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997 in Journal of Historical Geography. Volume 25, pp. 574-76.

1998  Between City and Suburb, Urban residential patterns and processes in Israel by Amiram Gonen. Aldershot: Avebury, 1995 in Urban Studies. Volume 35, pp. 1398-1400.

1997  Boundaries in Flux: The 'Green Line' Boundary between Israel and the West Bank - Past, Present and Future by David Newman. Durham: University of Durham, International Boundaries Research Unit, 1995. In Palestine Yearbook of International Law Volume IX, pp. 463-467.

1995a  Society and Settlement, Jewish Land of Israel in the Twentieth Century, by Aharon Kellerman, 1993. In Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. Vol. 13, pp. 619-630.

1995b  Planning a Mixed Region in Israel by Oren Yiftachel. Aldershot: Avebury, 1992. In Political Geography. Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 708-711.

1994  Town Planning under Military Occupation, by Anthony Coon. Aldershot: Darmouth, 1992. In Urban Studies, Vol. 31, no. 8. pp. 1432-1434.

1993 Small Scale Enterprises in Arab Villages: A Case Study from the Galilee Region in Israel by Naseem Jeryis. Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University, 1990. In Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. XXII, no. 2, pp. 111 - 113.

          Unpublished research reports:

1996 “Research report on relations between Arabs and Jews in ethnically mixed Israeli cities,” submitted to the Ford Foundation (New York), pp. 256.

1995 (with Dr. David Newman) “Alternative spatial structures for a Two State solution to the Arab-Israel conflict,” submitted to The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, pp. 316.

1991 “Survey of Land Ownership among 30 Arab villages and towns in Galilee.” pp.150. Submitted to the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada. (In Arabic).

1990 “The Arabs in Galilee : Patterns of Territorial and Economic Control.” Submitted to The Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies, Tokyo. pp.129.

1989 “Studies on the Fund for Development of Technical Education in the Arab Sector in Israel: Evaluation and Future Plans.” Submitted to the Fund for Development of Technical Education, Haifa. pp.68. (In Arabic).

1988 “Proposal for a Development Program for the Negev Bedouin Population.” Final Report. Submitted to the Welfare Association, Geneva, Switzerland pp. 85 (In Arabic).

1987 “Assessment of the Negev Bedouin’s Development Needs, Preliminary Report.” Submitted to the Welfare Association, Geneva, Switzerland pp. 56. In Arabic).

1985 “The Development of Urban Functions in the Arab Settlement of Central Galilee: A Field Research Report.” Submitted to the Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA), Binghamton, New York, USA.

          Papers Presented at International Conferences:

2006  Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. March 7-11. Paper on: “Israeli Policies of Spatial Takeover: Planning, Ethnic Cleansing and the De-Arabizing of Jerusalem.”

2005a  Conference on “America in the Middle East/The Middle East in America,” organized by Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), American University of Beirut, 18-21 December 2005. Paper on “The role of American daily newspapers in charting a territorial imagination for the Arab/Muslim world”.

2005b Conference on “America in the Middle East/The Middle East in America,” organized by Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), American University of Beirut, 18-21 December 2005. Paper on: “American hyper-power and Lebanese Identity: The inter-play of culture and global geopolitics in Beirut, Lebanon.” (Will be jointly presented with Colin Flint and Patrick McGreevy).

2005c  Gulf First Urban Planning and Development Conference & Exhibition,” held Under the patronage of H. E. Mr. Bader Nasser Al-hmeidi, Minister of Public Works and state Minister of Housing Affairs, Kuwait, 11-14 December 2005. Paper on: “Planning, Ethnic Cleansing and the De-Arabizing of East Jerusalem.”

2005d  Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado. April 5-9. Paper on: The geopolitics of repartition, enclavization and the demise of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

2004a  The Beirut Conference on Public Spheres, co-organized by The American University of Beirut (Beirut) and the Social Science Research Council (New York), 22-24 October. Paper on: “Geopolitical spaces: The dialectic of public and private space in the Palestine/Israel conflict.” (Jointly presented with Colin Flint).

2004b Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. March. Paper on: “The Portrayal of Israeli and Palestinian Suffering and Mutual Violence in Selected Daily Newspapers in the United States.”

2003a  Conference on “the Legal Aspects of Segregation Policies: the Impact on Palestinians,” organized by Institute of Law at Birzeit University Palestine 12-14 December 2003. Paper on: “The Galilee versus the West Bank: The concept of “Enclave” / “Exclave” and the Continuous Dispossession of Palestinians in their Homeland.”

2003b  The Second International Conference on Social Sciences. “The Role of Social and Health Sciences in the Development of Society”. Organized by Kuwait University, Kuwait 6-8 December 2003. Paper on: “Social impacts of American Hegemony in the Arab World: A theoretical framework.”(Jointly presented with Colin Flint and Virginie Mamadouh).

2003c The Second International Conference on Social Sciences. “The Role of Social and Health Sciences in the Development of Society”. Organized by Kuwait University, Kuwait 6-8 December 2003. Paper on: “The Rhetoric of war in the media: America versus the Arab World.” (Jointly presented with Colin Flint and Virginie Mamadouh).

2003d Iranian Geographical Association. The Second International Congress of the Geographers of the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran 16-17 September. “The visual representation of Moslem/Arab women in daily newspapers in North America: A geographical perspective.”

2003e  Association of Canadian Geographers, Annual Conference, Victoria University, BC. Canada. Paper on: “How Israel envisions “Palestinian state” for the Palestinians.”

2003f  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. March. Paper on: “Peace, deception and justification for territorial claims: The case of Israel.”

2002  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Los Angles, April. Paper on: “Representation of the Palestinian Intifada in selected daily newspapers in North America.”

2001  The Arab World Geographer 2001 Conference in Malta, Geographies of the Euro-Arab Encounter: Past, Present and Future, 47 October, Valletta, Malta. Paper on: “The use and abuse of European travelers narratives for the (re)writing Palestine historical geography.”

2001b  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, New York. “Palestinian Land Confiscation and Fragmentation in Israel.”

2000  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Human Geography from within the Arab World.”

1997  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Ft. Worth, TX, April. Paper on: “‘Down-to-earth’ with feelings about co-existence between Arabs and Jews in mixed cities in Israel.”

1996a  The Ontario Division Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Trent University, Peterborough, October. Paper on: “Ethnic perceptual differences of housing and neighborhood quality in mixed Arab-Jewish cities in Israel.”

1996b  Association of Canadian Geographers, Annual Conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, May. Paper on: “Alternative territorial configuration of Palestinian Statehood.”

1996c Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, April. Paper on: “Bridging the Gap: Palestinian and Israeli Discourses on autonomy and statehood.”

1995  with David Newman) Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Chicago, April. Paper on: “The Spatial Manifestation of Threat: Israelis and Palestinians seek a ‘good border.”

1994a  The Ontario Division Meetings of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Nipissing University in North Bay, October. Paper on: “The Dynamics of States Evolution: a Palestine case study.”

1994b  (with David Newman), The Canadian Association of Geographers, Annual conference, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, May. Paper on: “Small state behavior: On the formation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.”

1994c  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, San Francisco, April. Paper on: “Welfare Geography of a national minority: the Case of Israel’s Arab Minority.”

1994d  IGU History of Geographic Thought Commission, Conference on Theories of Milieu and Planning (19th and 20th Century), Marakesh, Morocco. February. Paper on: “Jewish Colonization in Palestine before 1948 Revisited.”

1993  AAG Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 6- 10. Paper on: “Perceptual patterns of housing conditions among Arabs and Jews in Mixed towns in Israel.”

1992a  AAG West Lakes Division, University of Missouri- Columbia, October 9-10. Paper on: “The Frontier of Politics in Israeli Geographic Practice.”

1992b  8th International conference of Historical Geographers, Vancouver, Canada, August 16- 24. Paper on: “The Role of Israel in Changing Palestine’s Cultural Geography.”

1992c  27th International Geographical Congress, Washington, August 9-14. Paper on: “The Role of Israel in Changing Palestine’s Cultural Geography.”

1992d  AAG Annual Meeting, San Diego California, April 18- 22. Paper on: “Patterns of Shared Space Among Arabs and Jews in Mixed Towns in Israel.”

1992e  AAG Political Geography Specialty Group, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 15- 17. Paper on: “Palestinian Geography and Israeli Geographic Hegemony: A conflict in values and prospect.”

1991a International Geographical Union, Commission on Changing Rural Systems. Jerusalem, December 15 – 20. Paper on: “The Development of urban functions in the Galilee Arab villages.”

1991b  AAG West Lake Division, University of Minnesota, Duluth, October 10-12. Paper on: “The invisible aspects of Palestine Human Geography as reflected in Israeli sources.”

1991c  Commission de geographie politique (Comite National Francais de Geographie) et le Gouvernement de la Principaute d’Andorre (Conseil de l’Education et de la Culture) Colloque International: Cultures et Regions Transfrotalieres en Europe a l’Aube due Unique. Paper on: “Setting the ‘Green Line’ Between Israel and the West Bank: Towards a Multi-Cultural Border.”

1991d  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Miami. Paper on: “Trends in the Urbanization of Arab Settlements.”

1990a  Association for Palestine Geography, Inaugural Meeting, Nicosia, 28-30 October. Paper on: “Scholarly Openness and the Role of Israeli Geographers.”

1990b  Institute of British Geographers, Annual Conference, Glasgow, January. Paper on: “Arabs versus Jews in Galilee: Competition for Regional Resources.”

1990c  Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Toronto, April. Paper on: “The Geography of Intifada and the making of the New State of Palestine.”

1989  IGU Commission / World Political Map, Conference on Urban Agglomeration as a Political Arena, Amsterdam, June. Paper on: “Land Fragmentation and Spatial Control in Nazareth Metropolitan Area.”

1987  21st Annual MESA (Middle East Ass. of North America) Conference, Baltimore, November. Paper on: “Israeli State Policy toward Bedouin Sedentarization in the Negev.”

1984a  25th International Geographical Congress, Paris, August. Paper on: “The Spatial Pattern of Bedouin Sedentarization in Israel.”

1984b  Annual Conference, Institute of British Geographers, Durham, January. Paper on: “Settling the Green Line.”

1983a  Annual Conference, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge, July. Paper on: “Impact of pre- state Jewish Colonization on the sedentarization of Bedouin Tribes in Northern Palestine, 1914-1948.”

1983b  Fifth International Conference of Historical Geographers (CUKANZUS), Oxford, July. Paper on: “The Evolution of Semi-Nomadism in a Non-Desert Environment: The Case of the Galilee Region in the 19th Century.”

1982  Conference on Perspective on Development, Bedford College, University of London, June. Paper on: “Planned Bedouin Settlement in Israel: Evaluation and Characteristics.”