Yara M. Asi

Yara M. Asi, PhD, is a post-doctoral scholar in Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida, and a 2020-2021 Fulbright US Scholar to the West Bank.

Recent Articles
Israeli settlers armed with clubs and rocks attack Palestinians in the town of Huwara, near Nablus, occupied West Bank, October 13, 2022. (Oren Ziv)
How my family came face to face with settler violence on the road to Nablus
What began as a family outing in Ramallah ended in a harrowing drive home, with military checkpoints and stone-throwing settlers at every turn.
By Yara M. Asi October 20, 2022
Palestinians attend the funeral of a family member who died after being infected with COVID-19, near the West Bank town of Hebron, July 5, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
Why Palestinians stopped listening to their leaders at the height of a pandemic
For years, Palestinians had been losing trust in their leadership for its corruption and failure to end the occupation. Then COVID-19 hit.
By Yara M. Asi January 20, 2021
Palestinian medical workers collect swab samples for COVID-19 tests in Rafah, Gaza, on October 1, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Endless warnings of Gaza’s collapse are why we’re failing to prevent it
The strip's rehabilitation already demanded ‘herculean efforts.’ With the spread of COVID-19, action is imperative.
By Yara M. Asi October 14, 2020
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  2. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
  3. The unexceptional violence of Israel’s ‘Haredi battalion’
  4. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  5. Palestinian artists stifled as Israel ‘weaponizes fear and fame’
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
  3. ‘The soldiers opened the way for the settlers’: Pogroms surge across West Bank
  4. The unexceptional violence of Israel’s ‘Haredi battalion’
  5. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  3. Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
  4. Why do Israelis feel so threatened by a ceasefire?
  5. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen