Lama Alsafi
PhD Student, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University
Palestine, Israel, Middle East, comparative Canada/US politics, elections, human rights, international law, international humanitarian law, international conflicts, humanitarian crisis, peacemaking, peacekeeping, political communications, crisis communications, conflict on women and girls
Media
'Ending genocide in Gaza is a feminist issue': Calls for ceasefire on International Women's Day
Lama Alsafi speaking at a press conference hosted by Justice For All Canada on International Women's Day on the situation of women and girls in Gaza.
Desperate to escape the war, Palestinians pay a private company thousands to leave Gaza
CBC, April 2, 2024Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-war-egypt-bribes-1.7152653
Gaza residents are paying Egyptian company ‘travel co-ordination fees’ to help them cross Rafah border
Western media have contributed to loss of truth in Gaza
The Hill Times, November 15, 2023Online
It’s been said that the first casualty in war is truth. Never has this been truer than in Gaza.
Biography
Lama Alsafi is a PhD student in International Affairs at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her research explores the Question of Palestine, politics of the Middle East, comparative Canada/US politics, political elections, human rights, international conflicts, and international law. Alsafi has previously worked with CBC, CARE Canada, and Canada's NDP.