Wisam Rafeedie

Wisam Rafeedie is a former organizer, ex-prisoner and retired lecturer, formerly teaching at the Department of Social Sciences at Bethlehem University – Palestine. He previously worked as a part-time lecturer in Sociology and Cultural Studies at Birzeit University. He holds two master's degrees from Birzeit University, one in sociology for his thesis on the changes in the status of women in contemporary Palestinian literature before and after Oslo, and the other in contemporary Arab studies. Over the years, Rafeedie has taught various courses including social theory, social movements, media and communication, demography, and family studies. He is currently collaborating with his colleagues in the department to develop additional courses in Palestinian social history and sociology of religion.