Tamara Essayyad

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Tamara Essayyad

Visiting Fellow

Tamara Essayyad is an international lawyer and negotiator with over 10 years of legal experience and over 20 years of international professional experience in the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

As Senior Legal Adviser to the UN supporting the Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations, Tamara Essayyad provided legal counsel on all matters related to the peace process including international law, treaties, and public policy. Additionally, she advised the State of Palestine on numerous economic cooperation agreements and legislative reform.

She has taught international law and policy for over a decade.

Education

JD – Howard University School of Law
LLM – Queen Mary University of London
MA – University of Leeds
BA – University of Nevada
Fellow – Harvard Negotiations Strategies Institute

Bar Associations and Membership

New York State Bar
Washington DC Bar
American Bar Association
American Society of International Law

Events

Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations and International Law

Sunday, February 11, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Room full of people with International Lawyer Tamara Essayad talking to Khaled AL-Hroub, Northwestern Qatar

Top Lawyer Examines International Legal Response to the War on Gaza

Speaking at the most recent Palestine Speaker Series event at GU-Q, international lawyer and negotiator Tamara Essayyad emphasized the role of international legal systems in the pursuit of peace where negotiations and diplomacy fall short. In conversation with Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Arab Media Studies at Northwestern University in Qatar Khaled AL-Hroub, Essayyad highlighted the importance of international legal cases that keep international scrutiny on the events taking place in Palestine.