Khalid Al Bostanji is an Arab PhD student and lecturer whose research interests lie in the field of Arab politics and international relations. Khalid is the descendent of Palestinian refugees, indigenous to the villages of Dura al-Khalil. His grandmother’s village, Khirbet Umm ash-Shaqaf, was ethnically cleansed by the Zionist entity in 1948. Despite the right of return, neither Khalid nor his family have since seen their homes.