Yara Asi
Expertise
Conflict Resolution and Peace-buildingDevelopment
Gender-based Violence
Human Rights
Humanitarian Assistance
International humanitarian law
Protection of civilians
Refugees, Migration, IDPs
State Violence
War Crimes
Women Peace and Security
Women's Rights
Details
Media
Six Months of Carnage in Gaza Arab Center Washington DC Apr 12, 2024
“Heartbreak and Heartlessness” in Gaza: Crisis in International Humanitarian Aid Arab Center Washington DC Mar 28,2024
People are starving to death in Gaza: How hunger plays a role in war throughout history NPR Here and Now Mar 22, 2024
Op-Ed: Israeli siege, prewar policies put Gazans at risk of starvation Washington Diplomat Mar 14, 2024
Israel’s use of mass starvation as a weapon of war The Intercept Mar 13, 2024
Gaza is showing us we need new tools to measure trauma Audio Opinion New York Times Mar 12, 2024
The Trauma Experienced in Gaza Is Beyond PTSD Guest essay New York Times Feb 22, 2024
Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place The Conversation Feb 15, 2024
How much aid Gaza needs to survive: A visual guide CNN Jan 22, 2024
Gaza’s next tragedy: Disease risk spreads amid overcrowded shelters, dirty water and breakdown of basic sanitation The Conversation Nov 21, 2023
Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis. The Conversation Oct 26, 2023
Children make up nearly half of Gaza’s population. Here’s what it means for the war NPR Oct 19, 2023
Cuts to Palestinians’ food aid remind us only justice can end their food insecurity The New Arab Aug 22, 2023
Thirty years on, the Oslo Accords betrayal still haunts Palestinians The New Arab Jun 29, 2023
Dr. Yara M. Asi (@Yara_M_Asi) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics and Co-Director of the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights.
Her research agenda focuses on global health, human rights, and development in fragile populations. Her 2024 book with Johns Hopkins University Press, How War Kills: The Overlooked Threats to our Health, examines war as a public health crisis.
She is a Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC, a 2020-2021 Fulbright US Scholar to the West Bank, and a 2023 Non-Resident Fellow for the Foundation for Middle East Peace.
She has also worked with Médecins Sans Frontières, Amnesty International USA, and the Palestinian American Research Center on policy and outreach issues.
She has presented at multiple national and international conferences on topics related to global health, food security, health informatics, and women in healthcare, and has published extensively on health and well-being in fragile and conflict-affected populations in journal articles and book chapters.
Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Nation, +972 Magazine, The Conversation, Al Jazeera, The World, and other outlets.