Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network
Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network is an independent, transnational think tank, whose mission is to convene "a multidisciplinary, global network of Palestinian analysts to produce critical policy analysis and collectively imagine a new policymaking paradigm for Palestine and Palestinians worldwide."
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History
Al-Shabaka was launched in 2010 and was described as "Palestine's first independent think tank". Al-Shabaka was registered in California in 2009 as the Middle East Policy Network, doing business as Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and granted 501 by the US Internal Revenue Service in 2013.According to Cherine Hussein, an academic based at the Swedish Institute for International Affairs, Al-Shabaka's launch was a "significant initiative" by " intellectuals". and was launched "to put a stronger Palestinian policy voice on the map". Its work "is primarily directed to concerned Palestinians as well as Arab and international policy communities." In a 2021 scholarly literature review, anthropologist Sa'ed Atshan cites Al-Shabaka as a "potential future addition" to the "ecosystem" of anthropology of Palestine.