Vol. 7 No. 013 (2026): Issue 013

غلاف العدد 13 من دورية حِكامة

Issue 13 of Hikama (2026) includes the following studies and articles: “Silence or Silencing? Social Media Behaviour among Palestinians in Israel after October 2023” (Hama Abu-Kishk); “Associational Work and the Shift toward Social Entrepreneurship in Morocco” (Abdelkader Boutaleb, Amar Rami); “Social Media and the Paradox of Liberation and Control: A Study of Arab Cases” (Marwa Fekri); “Denial of the Right of Return as a Crime against Humanity: Palestinian Refugees and the Limits of International Criminal Jus” (Nasser Thabet); “Constitutional Courts or Cross-Jurisdiction Courts: The Debate on the Expansiveness of Jurisdiction in Arab Constitutional” (Rashad Twam, Asem Khalil); “The Role of Humanitarian Funds Localisation in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: The Case of Water Shocks in Jordan” (Samer Al-Fakhouri, Muhanad Abu Othman, Majd Al Naber); “The Two Tales of AI: A Global Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of AI from a Multidimensional Policy Perspective” (Ibrahim Al-Nafrah); “The Governance of Economic Development: Investment, Innovation, and Competition in China” (Mahdi Al-Awrabi); “Public Policy in the Arab World: Responding to Uprisings, Pandemic, and War” (Husam Ibrahim); “Featured Publications” (Editorial Board).

Published: 2026-09-01
Issue totals:272 views436 downloads

Studies

  • Silence or Silencing? Social Media Behaviour among Palestinians in Israel after October 2023 33 views49 downloads

    Author: Hama Abu-Kishk
    9-39

    This study investigates online behaviour and social media use among Palestinians in Israel during Israel’s war on Gaza, which began in October 2023. Drawing on theories of self-censorship and...

  • Associational Work and the Shift toward Social Entrepreneurship in Morocco 25 views48 downloads

    Authors: Abdelkader Boutaleb, Amar Rami
    40-64

    This study examines social entrepreneurship as a hybrid model that combines economic and social dimensions. It is based on the assumption that the social interpretation of work-related rules...

  • Social Media and the Paradox of Liberation and Control: A Study of Arab Cases 26 views46 downloads

    Author: Marwa Fekri
    65-92

    This study examines the role of social media in authoritarian contexts, focusing on networked social movements operating under repression and surveillance in the Arab region. It argues that...

  • Denial of the Right of Return as a Crime against Humanity: Palestinian Refugees and the Limits of International Criminal Jus 26 views41 downloads

    Author: Nasser Thabet
    93-116

    This article examines whether the denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return to the homes and lands from which they were displaced in 1948 and 1967 may be legally characterized as a crime...

  • Constitutional Courts or Cross-Jurisdiction Courts: The Debate on the Expansiveness of Jurisdiction in Arab Constitutional 27 views38 downloads

    Authors: Rashad Twam, Asem Khalil
    117-147

    This study examined the phenomenon of expanding courts' jurisdictions compared to the classical Kelsenian model, and the impact of such expansion on the efficiency of constitutional courts in...

Policy Papers

  • The Role of Humanitarian Funds Localisation in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: The Case of Water Shocks in Jordan 25 views47 downloads

    Authors: Samer Al-Fakhouri, Muhanad Abu Othman, Majd Al Naber
    151-173

    This policy paper sheds light on how localisation of humanitarian funding can improve disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) in Jordan, especially for water-related shocks like floods,...

Translated Study

  • The Two Tales of AI: A Global Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of AI from a Multidimensional Policy Perspective 30 views40 downloads

    Author: Ibrahim Al-Nafrah
    177-230

    Despite the rapid global expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), its environmental impacts across socio-economic contexts remain underexplored. This study evaluates the relationship between...

Book Reviews

  • The Governance of Economic Development: Investment, Innovation, and Competition in China 27 views41 downloads

    Author: Mahdi Al-Awrabi
    233-243

    This book examines how the Chinese state has governed economic development amid the country's transformation over recent decades. It argues that China's rise reflects a governance model in which...

  • Public Policy in the Arab World: Responding to Uprisings, Pandemic, and War 25 views41 downloads

    Author: Husam Ibrahim
    244-253

    This book provides a comprehensive account of the transformation of public policy in the Arab world amid the major crises of the past decade, including the Arab uprisings, the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Book Presentations

  • Featured Publications 28 views45 downloads

    Author: Editorial Board
    257-267

    This issue of the journal Hikama includes a selection of book reviews prepared by the editorial board, as follows: - Abdelhamid Hénia, "The Brother," "the Subject," and the Citizen: The Dynamics...