Dr. Ashjan Ajour is a Palestinian scholar and sociologist whose work bridges decolonial feminism, political resistance, and the lived experiences of marginalized communities under colonial and patriarchal structures. Currently a Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University, she previously held positions at the University of Wolverhampton, University of Leicester, University of Warwick, and Goldsmiths, University of London, where she completed her PhD in Sociology (2019) under the supervision of Alberto Toscano and Mariam Motamedi Fraser. Her doctoral thesis, Reclaiming Humanity: Decolonizing the Body and Revolutionary Subjectivity in the Experience of Palestinian Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons, laid the foundation for her award-winning book of the same title, which received the 2022 Palestine Academic Book Award by the Middle East Monitor (MEMO). Dr. Ajour’s research sits at the intersection of gender studies, race, incarceration, decolonization, forced migration, and indigenous politics, engaging deeply with feminist ethnography and decolonial theory to interrogate how resistance, embodiment, and subjectivity emerge from colonial violence. She has an impressive record of scholarly publications in high-impact journals such as Cultural Politics, Journal of Resistance Studies, Comparative Literature and Culture, European Journal of Cultural Studies, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Feminist Review, and Feminist Theory, among others. Dr. Ajour has also authored and co-authored influential chapters and collaborative essays on decolonial feminist solidarity, including Why Palestine is a Feminist Issue and Unveiling the Colonial Violence of Space in the Gaza Genocide (2025). Beyond academia, she has extensive experience in international development, gender advocacy, and project management, having led and coordinated programs with organizations such as GIZ, UNDP, Mercy Corps, and The Swedish Organisation for Individual Relief, focusing on women’s empowerment, inclusive education, and economic development in Palestine and Jordan. Her earlier academic background includes an MA in Gender Studies and a BA in English Literature from Birzeit University, where her MA thesis, later published by the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy (Muwatin), critically examined liberal feminist discourses in post-Oslo Palestine. In 2024, Dr. Ajour secured £10,000 in research funding from the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) for her forthcoming book with I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury,