{"id":3564,"date":"2021-03-25T00:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T04:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=3564"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:40:56","slug":"roula-el-rifai","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/roula-el-rifai\/","title":{"rendered":"Roula El-Rifai"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roula El-Rifai<\/strong> is Senior Program Specialist (Sp\u00e9cialiste de programmes principal) with the Democratic and Inclusive Governance Division (Gouvernance d\u00e9mocratique et inclusive) at <a href=\"http:\/\/idrc.ca\">Canada\u2019s International Development Research Centre &#8211; IDRC<\/a> (Centre de recherches pour le d\u00e9veloppement international &#8211; CRDI). Her work supports civil society actors in the Arab world advocating for reform with a focus on forced displacement and youth civic engagement. She is an expert on the Palestinian refugee issue as part of the Middle East Peace Process and is co-editor of three volumes on the subject: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plutobooks.com\/9780745333380\/the-palestinian-refugee-problem\/\"><em>The Palestinian Refugee Problem: The Search for a Resolution<\/em><\/a> (2014); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plutobooks.com\/9781849648172\/compensation-to-palestinian-refugees-and-the-search-for-palestinian-israeli-peace\/\"><em>Compensation to Palestinian Refugees and the Search for Palestinian-Israeli Peace<\/em><\/a> (2013); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idrc.ca\/en\/book\/palestinian-refugees-challenges-repatriation-and-development\"><em>Palestinian Refugees: Challenges of Repatriation and Development<\/em><\/a> (2007). She has an MA in \u2018International Relations\u2019 from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, and an MSc in \u2018Rural Planning and Development\u2019 from the University of Guelph, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" 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