Dana Hasan

PhD Student (she/her)
dana.hasan@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)

Fields of Study

  • Policy & Planning
  • Social & Political Geography
  • Urban

Areas of Interest

Settler colonialism, everyday life, Palestine

Biography

I am a PhD student in Planning who holds a BS in Architectural Engineering from UAEU, UAE, and an MS in Urban Design from EMU, Cyprus. My research explores the everyday resistance of Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. I am interested in examining the ways in which ordinary people make do and resist in their daily urban lives, negotiating not only for everyday survival but also for community Sumud (steadfastness), grassroots sovereignty, and national identity.

Publications

Hasan, D., & Bleibleh, S. (2023). The everyday art of resistance: Interpreting "resistancescapes" against urban violence in Palestine. Political Geography, 101, 102833.

Hasan, D., & Bleibleh, S. (2021). Placemaking as a Tool of Social Sustainability: Scripts of Palestinian Resistance on the Israeli Segregation Wall. In 8th Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference, ZEMCH 2021 (pp. 674-682). ZEMCH Network.

Hasan, D., & Bleibleh, S. (2021). إعادة قراءة الفضاء العام: التعبير بالغرافيتي في مواجهة العنف المكاني في فلسطين. Jadaliyya جدلية. https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/43033

Supervisor(s)

Dr. Deborah Cowen; Dr. Michelle Daigle

Education

BS, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
MS, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus

Cohort

  • 2022-2023