Mustafa Karahamad

Doctoral Researcher

Mustafa Karahamad is a Doctoral Researcher at the Research Depart­ment Trans­national Politics. His research interests are Muslim religious institu­tions and legiti­mization of political vio­lence in the Middle East.

Mustafa Karahamad
karahamad(at)prif.org

CV

| since 2020
Doctoral Researcher at PRIF

| 2018–2019
Consul­tant for the project Inte­gration through Qualifi­cation-IQ (Mainz)

| 2019
Inter­national Parlia­ment Scholarship of the German Bundes­tag IPS (Berlin)

| 2015–2018
Master degree in history and political science at the Uni­versity of Siegen

| 2016
Intern­ship at the United Nations Uni­versity (UNU); Insti­tute for Environ­ment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) (Bonn)

| 2016
Post-Graduate Program­me in Post-Conflict Studies at the University of Konstanz

| 2015–2018
German Academic Exchange Service DAAD scholar­ship for inter­national students

| 2014–2015
Education Officer, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) und UNICEF (Lebanon)

Highlights

Wissenschaft und Frieden 2024/4 - New Issue with Contributions from PRIF ...

Cover of issue 4/2024 of „W&F Wissenschaft und Frieden. Eskalationen im Nahen Osten“ (“W&F Science and Peace. Escalations in the Middle East”). The cover shows a map of Israel with Gaza, the West Bank and neighboring states. The map shows blue, red and yellow dots, which are particularly concentrated in the Gaza Strip. Hanna Pfeifer, Regine Schwab, and Mustafa Karahamad on the escalation of violence in the Middle East

Publications

  • Arab States’ Incentives Towards (not) Normalizing Relations with Syria – Islamists and Drug Trafficking?
    | 2023
    Karahamad, Mustafa; Schwab, Regine (2023): Arab States’ Incentives Towards (not) Normalizing Relations with Syria – Islamists and Drug Trafficking?, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Religiöse Narrative nach dem Erdbeben in der Türkei und Syrien
    | 2023
    Karahamad, Mustafa (2023): Religiöse Narrative nach dem Erdbeben in der Türkei und Syrien. Mehr Menschlichkeit wagen, Qantara.
    Publication
  • Turkey-Syria earthquake: Polarising Religious Narratives
    | 2023
    Karahamad, Mustafa (2023): Turkey-Syria earthquake: Polarising Religious Narratives, Qantara.
    Publication
  • Will the Protests in Iran Change Regional Power Dynamics in the Middle East?
    | 2022
    Karahamad, Mustafa; El-Menshawy, Nahla (2022): Will the Protests in Iran Change Regional Power Dynamics in the Middle East?, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Reformist MPs Deny Hezbollah Majority in Lebanese Parliament – Prospects for Lebanon after the Elections
    | 2022
    Karahamad, Mustafa (2022): Reformist MPs Deny Hezbollah Majority in Lebanese Parliament – Prospects for Lebanon after the Elections, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Blick zurück nach vorn: Was droht bei einer Belagerung ukrainischer Städte?
    | 2022
    Gromes, Thorsten; Schwab, Regine; Karahamad, Mustafa (2022): Blick zurück nach vorn: Was droht bei einer Belagerung ukrainischer Städte?, PRIF BLOG.
    Publication
  • A Guantánamo in Syria for European Jihadists is not a Solution
    | 2022
    Karahamad, Mustafa (2022): A Guantánamo in Syria for European Jihadists is not a Solution, PRIF BLOG.
    Publication
  • Overcoming Gulf-Rivalry? Challenges and Chances of Saudi-Iranian Dialogue
    | 2021
    Karahamad, Mustafa; Pickhardt, Julia (2021): Overcoming Gulf-Rivalry? Challenges and Chances of Saudi-Iranian Dialogue, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Counter-Terrorism for Peace – Syria between the Russian-Led Coercive Peace and the United States’ Withdrawal
    | 2021
    Karahamad, Mustafa (2021): Counter-Terrorism for Peace – Syria between the Russian-Led Coercive Peace and the United States’ Withdrawal, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Why not to deport suspected ‘terrorists’ to Syria: a security perspective
    | 2021
    Karahamad, Mustafa; Schwab, Regine (2021): Why not to deport suspected ‘terrorists’ to Syria: a security perspective, PRIF Blog.
    Publication