
Vida Hamd
Vida Hamd holds a PhD in International law specializing in counter terrorism. She is an academic with more than 10 years of field experience in conflict zones across the Middle East where she worked with the UN on refugee protection, national dialogues, constitutional reforms and peace processes. She lectures at the Lebanese American University and is currently the Policy Officer for Political and Humanitarian Affairs at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Beirut.
Recent Work

Reflections on Human Rights Understandings in Light of the Arab Spring
At the outset of the Arab Spring, human rights were more than merely popular demands emanating from mass demonstrations. This paper looks at the…