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Gidon Windecker

Dr. Gidon Windecker is a social scientist and development consultant who combines his academic skills with his proficiency in non-profit and government consultation. He lived and worked in the Middle East for seventeen years, mainly in the Levant and the Gulf. He was the head of the Regional Office for the Gulf States of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, a renowned German Think Tank, and has many years of experience as a researcher and advisor on human rights and civil society development in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon. His areas of expertise are Middle Eastern politics and society, international relations, and conflict transformation. He is a speaker and published author of several research papers. He currently works for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Between Jabal 士Amil, Karbala and Jerusalem

Between Jabal 士Amil, Karbala and Jerusalem

This book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi鈥檃 and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East.

Between Jabal 士Amil, Karbala and Jerusalem

Between Jabal 士Amil, Karbala and Jerusalem

This book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi鈥檃 and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East.

Between Jabal 士Amil, Karbala and Jerusalem

Between Jabal 士Amil, Karbala and Jerusalem

This book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi鈥檃 and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East.