ZACHARY J. FOSTER is a historian whose research explores the idea of Palestine as well as the origins of Palestinian identity in the 19th century.
Zach is a Senior Law Fellow at the Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights. He holds an M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He is the founder of the digital archive, Palestine Nexus, and writes a newsletter called Palestine, in Your Inbox. Zach is a frequent contributor to international media outlets including the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and TRT, the national public broadcaster of Turkey.
To find out more about Zach, check out his:
PICT Courses
PICT Podcasts
- PICT Voices #36: Gaza: The Spiral of Violence (YouTube) (SoundCloud)
- The Last Ottoman #3: Palestine: How (Not) to Write History (YouTube) (SoundCloud)