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Brian K. Barber

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in Los Angeles, The United States

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History, Psychology, Nonfiction

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BRIAN K. BARBER, PhD, is a Senior Scholar at the Middle East Policy Council, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee. He currently lives in Washington, DC. Barber’s work has addressed how context—from parenting to political systems—impacts individual and social development. Barber is the editor of Adolescents and War: How Youth Deal with Political Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2008), among other books. For the past thirty years, he has researched more than ten thousand Palestinian families in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Brian became a finalist for the IAN Book of the Year Awards in 2025. His published articles have appeared in The Lancet, Socia ...more

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How War Affects Children’s Education

War never just hits buildings or battlefields. It hits people, especially the youngest, most vulnerable ones. When we talk about the impact of war on children, we’re talking about something far deeper than just closed schools or missing textbooks. We’re talking about a generation of children whose futures are interrupted, whose dreams are put on pause, and whose sense of safety disappears overnigh

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No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip

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Brian K. Barber wrote a new blog post Youth Resilience in Conflict Zones: How Young People Thrive Despite War What does it take for a child to grow up strong in the shadow of war? In some corners of the world, resilience isn’t a buzzword—it’s a necessity. For Read more of this blog post »
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