Between Jabal ʿamil, Karbala and Jerusalem: The Lebanese Shi'a and the Struggle for Palestine

Dr. Gidon Windecker is a social scientist and development consultant who combines his academic skills with his proficiency in non-profit and government consultation. He lived and worked in the Middle East for seventeen years, mainly in the Levant and the Gulf. He was the head of the Regional Office for the Gulf States of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, a renowned German Think Tank, and has many years of experience as a researcher and advisor on human rights and civil society development in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon. His areas of expertise are Middle Eastern politics and society, international relations, and conflict transformation. He is a speaker and published author of several research papers. He currently works for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Dr. Gidon Windecker 是一位社會科學家和發展顧問，他將學術技能與非營利及政府諮詢的專業知識相結合。他在中東生活和工作了十七年，主要在黎凡特和海灣地區。他曾擔任德國著名智庫康拉德-阿登納基金會海灣國家區域辦公室的負責人，並在巴勒斯坦、以色列和黎巴嫩的人權及公民社會發展方面擁有多年研究和顧問經驗。他的專業領域包括中東政治與社會、國際關係以及衝突轉化。他是一位演講者，並發表了多篇研究論文。目前，他在德國聯邦經濟合作與發展部工作。