Authors

Callie Maidhof

 

Callie Maidhof is a Ph.D student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She holds a master`s degree from Columbia University in the same subject and a B.A. from Florida State University in Music and English Literature, as well as a Certificate in World Music. Her research focuses on Israeli state-sponsored suburban Jewish settlement in the Palestinian West Bank.

ARTICLES BY Callie Maidhof

  • The Arabs in Africa

    The Arabs in Africa

    As Libyans rise up against the 41-year-old dictatorship of Muammar al-Qaddafi, one of the most striking claims of state violence has been the hiring of “African mercenaries” to crush the revolt. Like Hosni Mubarak’s “thugs” (or baltagiya in Arabic, terms t..