My publications

Explore my work, spanning academic research and public writing.
Whether you are a fellow researcher, a student, or simply curious, you are warmly invited to engage with these texts and the questions they explore. I hope they offer insight, reflection, and new ways of seeing, and I welcome the possibility of continuing the conversation together.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

 

  • Kamal, N. & Götsch, B. (Forthcoming 2026). “Confinement, Imagination, and Resistance in Palestine: The Caricatures and Graphic Art of Mohammed Sabaaneh.” European Journal of Cultural Studies.
  • Kamal, N. (2026). “Palestinian Humorous Art as an Agentic Force: Exploring the Work of Amer Shomali.” Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, 104. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. & Slama, M. (2026). “Exploring Wit in Oppressive and Conflictual Environments: The Significance of Agentic Forms of Humor.” Focaal, 104. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. & Kamal, O. (2025). “If Our Bodies Will Not Tell Our Tale, Perhaps Our Ruins Will.” Humanity, 16(1–2), 116–134. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2024). “A Palestinian Woman’s Writings: Reflections on Hegemony and Resistance.” Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. Online Link
  • Kamal, N. (2023). “Humour under Occupation: Jokes and their Reflections in Palestine.” European Journal of Cultural Studies. Online Link
  • Kamal, N. (2022). “Popular Proverbs and Folk Sayings in Yemen: The Work of ʻAbd Allāh al-Baraddūnī on ‘Alī bin Zāyid.” Narrative Culture. Online Link
  • Kamal, N. (2020). “Nablus Under Siege: Religiosity and the Creation of Resilience.” Anthropos, 115(2), 417–432. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2020). “Neighborhood in Nablus City: The Formation of Social Safety Network during the Siege.” Middle East Topics and Arguments, 14, 154–168. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2020). “Counter-Narratives through the Lens of al-Baraddūnī: The Case of the 1962 Yemeni Revolution.” Arabian Humanities, 13. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2020). “Alternative Historiography: Al-Baraddūnī’s Perspective on Popular Literature and Folk Art in Yemen.” Archiv Orientální, 12, 111–136. Online Link

Edited special issues and book chapters

 

  • Kamal, N. & Slama, M., Eds. (2026). “Theme Section: Humor, Coping, and Resistance.” Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, 104.
  • Kamal, N. (2017). “Journey to Europe: Memory and the Path to Tomorrow.” In Kohlbacher, J. & Schiocchet, L. (Eds.), From Destination to Integration – Afghan, Syrian and Iraqi Refugees in Vienna (pp. 83–103). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences. Online Book & Online Chapter
  • Gingrich, A., Kamal, N., & Al-Dubai, Z. (2017). “Smiles and Smallness: Jokes in the Yemen and in Palestine.” In Hannerz, U. & Gingrich, A. (Eds.), Small Countries: Structures and Sensibilities (pp. 283–300). University of Pennsylvania Press. Online Link
  • Kamal, N., Kössner, E., & Rottenschlager, K., Eds. (2014). Past-Present Fieldwork: Anthropological Contributions at the Intersection of Memory, Power, and Culture. Austrian Studies in Social Anthropology, Vol. 2. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2013). “Studieren bedeutet Widerstand: StudentInnen unter der Okkupation in Palästina.” In Six-Hohenbalken, M. (Hg.), Aufwachsen im Ausnahmezustand. The Sociology of Youth Studies, Vol. 1. Wien: 132–155. Online Link

Public scholarship and essays

  • Kamal, N. (2025). “Do Cerco à Sobrevivência: Histórias Palestinas da Agência para Mulheres durante a Invasão de Nablus de 2002.” Translated by Gustavo Racy. Al Jaliah. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2024). “A New Generation is Emerging, and Gaza is their Compass.” The Massachusetts Review. Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2024). “Friends Out of Place.” The Massachusetts Review: The View from Gaza, 65(4). Read Online
  • Kamal, N. (2020). “Narratives of Asylum Seekers: Between Coping and Integration.” In Schiocchet, L., Nölle-Karimi, C., & Mokre, M. (Eds.), Agency and Tutelage in Forced Migration. ROR-n Plattform, Vol. 2(1). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Read Online