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Session Two: Local Recovery and Reconstruction Plans

MAS Institute · 2025

At a study day held by the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Omar Shaban, founder and director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, speaks in the second session, devoted to local recovery and reconstruction plans for Gaza. The session reviews the UN-Habitat urban reconstruction plan, the Palestinian Authority’s plan for rebuilding the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian/Arab plan and the “Phoenix Gaza” plan, with MAS researcher Mseif Jameel and Gaza mayor Yahya Al-Sarraj also on the panel.

At a study day held by the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Omar Shaban, founder and director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, speaks in the second session, devoted to local recovery and reconstruction plans for Gaza. The session reviews the UN-Habitat urban reconstruction plan…

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