Riman Barakat is the co-CEO of the Israel/Palestine
Center for Research and Information (IPCRI). She
holds graduate degrees in Middle Eastern Studies and
International Affairs, and her current research focuses on
democratization in the Middle East, U.S.-Middle Eastern
relations and the interaction of religion with politics.
As the definition of normalization has expanded and blurred, the anti-normalization
camp should focus its criticism more narrowly; namely, to those on both sides of the
conflict who perpetuate the status quo