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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles in Academic Journals
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Jebril M. (2026) Bridging academic worlds: a Gaza scholar’s oral history of education and higher education from the zone-in between, Harvard Educational Review (HER): https://doi.org/10.17763/X5G9K3V7Q
Jebril M. (2025) Gender, occupation, and the development of higher education in Gaza: the experiences of educationalists at Gaza’s Universities, Journal of Comparative and International Education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/17454999251379403
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Jebril M. (2024) War, higher education and development: The experience of educationalists at Gaza’s universities, Journal of Higher Education: the International Journal of Higher Education Research: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-024-01353-4
Jebril M., Deakin S. The political economy of health in the Gaza strip: Reversing de-development. J Glob Health 2022; 12:03014 (https://jogh.org/2022/jogh-12-03014).
Jebril, M. (2021) Between construction and destruction: The experience of educationalists at Gaza’s universities, A Journal of Comparative and International Education (Compare),
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057925.2021.1987190
Jebril, M. (2021) The Arab Spring: new campus dynamics at Gaza’s universities?, International Studies in Sociology of Education, DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2021.1882329, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09620214.2021.1882329?src=
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Book Chapters:
Jebril M. (2025), Between borders and barriers: higher education and the experience of ‘de-mobility’ in the Gaza Strip, in: Courtois A., Marginson S., Montgomery C. & Sidhu R. (eds), The Future of Cross-Border Academic Mobility and Immobility: Power, Knowledge and Agency, Bloomsbury Publisher: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-detail?docid=b-9781350502437&pdfid=9781350502437.ch-8.pdf&tocid=b-9781350502437-chapter8
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Peer-Reviewed Academic Reports
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Jebril, M. (2026) Post-war reconstruction and development: research-informed ethical guidelines for rebuilding Gaza’s vital sectors, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cbr-report-post-war-reconstruction-and-development-2026.pdf
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Jebril, M. (2022–2023). Contributed to the research underpinning: *A Toolkit for Fair Doctoral Admissions for Ethnically and Racially Minoritised Applicants*. Close the Gap: Fair Admissions in Postgraduate Research, 2025. Available at: https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/programmes/close-the-gap/CloseTheGapToolkit.pdf |Key contributions: Research ethics documentation, methodology and design, participant recruitment, conducting 52 in-depth interviews across eight Cambridge departments, data analysis and interpretation, proposing interventions, participation in departmental and project discussions, and chairing project meetings.
Jebril, M (2021), The Political Economy of Health in the Gaza Strip (Occupied Palestinian Territory), Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge: https://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cbr-special-report-the-political-economy-of-health-in-the-gaza-strip.pdf
Dillabough, J., Fimyar, O., McLauglin, C., Al Azmeh, Z. & Jebril, M. (2019). The State of
Higher Education in Syria pre-2011, Cara and the British Council: https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/state-higher-education-syria-pre-2011-english_0.pdf
Dillabough, J., Fimyar, O., McLauglin, C., Al Azmeh, Z. & Jebril, M. (2019). Syrian Higher Education post 2011: Immediate and Future Challenges, CARA and the University of Cambridge (English): https://www.cara.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/190606-REPORT-2-POST-2011-FINAL-ENGLISH.pdf |
For Arabic: https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/networks/eri/publications/syria/
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Peer-Reviewed Policy Briefing Papers
Jebril, M, Innovative dimensions for health resilience amidst war and humanitarian Crises in Gaza and beyond, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cbr-policy-brief-health-resilience-jebril-2025.pdf
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Jebril, M The role of world Universities at times of war and crisis: widening participation and the reconstruction of higher education in the Gaza Strip (Occupied Palestinian Territories), Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cbr-special-report-role-of-world-universities-at-times-of-war-and-crisis.pdf
Jebril, M, Reform Pathways for the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip (Occupied Palestinian Territory): Collaboration of Actors Essential to Prevent a Catastrophe of Healthcare, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge: https://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/policy-brief-mona-jebril-feb.-2022.pdf
Think Tank Articles
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Jebril, M (2024) Turkish Universities Can Lead on Aiding Gaza HE, institute Social; Istanbul-Turkey: https://enstitusosyal.org/en/yayinlarimiz/iki-nokta/turkiye-gazze-deki-yuksek-ogretimin-insasinda-oncu-rol-oynayabilir
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Jebril, M (2023), Civilians in Gaza under attack, Sada Online Journal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
(English): https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/90946
(Arabic): https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/?lang=ar
Jebril, M (2022), UNRWA as a proxy site of conflict? The Case of the Gaza Strip, Sada Online Journal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
(English): https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/87161 |
(Arabic): https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/87162
Jebril, M (2022), Reform Pathways for the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip (Occupied Palestinian Territory): Collaboration of Actors Essential to Prevent a Catastrophe of Healthcare, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge: https://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/policy-brief-mona-jebril-feb.-2022.pdf
Jebril, M. (2021) Gaza’s Pandemic Quandary, Sada Online Journal, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/84054
Jebril, M. (25th May 2019), Egypt’s dominant influence is stifling HE reform in Gaza,
University World News, https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190520141325150
Jebril, M (30th April 2019), For Gaza’s besieged universities, Reform is low on the agenda,
Al Fanar Media, https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2019/04/for-gazas-besieged-universities-reform-is-low-on-the-agenda/
Online global publications
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Jebril, M (June 2025) Disability cannot be an afterthought in rebuilt HE system, University World News: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250625102245515
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Jebril, M (May 2025) Gazans urgently need food to continue to teaching and learning, University World News, https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250604102151618
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Jebril, M (May, 2025) Rebuilding HE in Gaza: Lessons from the void, University World News: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250527163323968
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Jebril, M (Jan, 2025) A new intervention model is needed to rebuild HE in Gaza, University World News: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250124104134608
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Jebril, M (Sept 2024) Academic Solidarity: How Arab Universities Can support Higher Education in Gaza: https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2024/09/academic-solidarity-how-arab-universities-can-support-higher-education-in-gaza/
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Jebril, M (August 2024), Universities can take concrete steps to support HE in Gaza, University world News, https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20240813161936167
Jebril, M (18th Dec. 2021), Navigating research in a fragmented, turbulent context, University World News: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20211214095348738
Jebril, M (5th Feb 2020), De-politicizing the health sector in Gaza: Necessity Vs Politics, Discover Society, Issue DS77, https://discoversociety.org/2020/02/05/de-politicizing-the-health-sector-in-gaza-necessity-vs-politics/
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Jebril, M, (2020) Brain drain versus motivation drain in Gaza, University World News: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2020012709212461
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Jebril, M., (2019) Egypt’s dominant influence is stifling HE reform in Gaza, University World News: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190520141325150
Jebril, M, (2019) For Gaza’s besieged universities, Reform is low on the agenda,
Al Fanar Media, https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2019/04/for-gazas-besieged-universities-reform-is-low-on-the-agenda/
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Jebril, M (2nd Oct 2019), Reflections on Higher Education in Palestine: Barriers to academia and intellectual Dialogue in the Palestinian-Israeli Context, Discover Society Magazine: https://discoversociety.org/2019/10/02/reflections-on-higher-education-in-palestine-barriers-to-academia-and-intellectual-dialogue-in-the-palestinian-israeli-context/
Jebril, M (1st August 2018), Reflecting on the ‘Invisible’ at Gaza’s Universities, Discover
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