Principal investigator and creator of the project: Dr. Rami Zeedan

Dr. Rami Zeedan is an associate professor at the University of Kansas. His research interest focuses on the Druze in the Middle East and the diaspora and on the Arab-Palestinian society in Israel in the context of an ethnic minority in a nation-state. Dr. Zeedan is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Druze Studies Journal (DSJ).

Research and Publications

Dr. Zeedan is the author of several academic articles and two books: the Arab-Palestinian Society in the Israeli Political System: Integration Versus Segregation in the Twenty-First Century. (Lexington Books, 2019) and Battalion of Arab- the History of the Minorities' Unit in the IDF from 1948 to 1956 (Modan, 2015, Hebrew). His current research project aims at uncovering the role of the IDF minorities' unit in Israel's wars, mainly the War of 1967 (Six-Day War) and the War of 1973 (Yom Kipor War), and how it shaped the process of integration of the Druze in Israel's society.

Dr. Zeedan's complete list of publications.

The following publications by Dr. Zeedan either focus on the Druze or include the Druze as part of his research:

Books

Zeedan, R. (2019). The Arab-Palestinian Society in the Israeli Political System - integration versus segregation in the 21st Century. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1498553148

Zeedan, R. (2015). The battalion of Arab- The History of the Minorities’ Unit in the IDF from 1948 to 1956. Ben Shemen, Israel: Modan Publishing, in cooperation with Maarachot. (Hebrew) ISBN 990018649060402791

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Zeedan, R. (2024). Social Identity and Voting Behavior in a Deeply Divided Society: The Case of Israel. Societies, 14(9), 177. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14090177 

Hazran, Y., Reed, M. A. ., Schäbler, B., Timani, H. S., & Zeedan, R. (2024). The Status of Druze Studies and Launching the Druze Studies Journal (DSJ). Druze Studies Journal, 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.17161/druze.2024.22602

Johnson, C., & Zeedan, R. (2024). Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Druze in 2023. Druze Studies Journal, 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.17161/druze.2024.22381   

Zeedan, Rami; Pullum, Lindsey. “The Druze Community in Israel.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Jewish Studies. Ed. Naomi Seidman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199840731-0182

Zeedan, R. & Hogan, R.E. (2022). The Correlation between Budgets and Matriculation Exams: The Case of Jewish and Arab Schools in Israel. Education Sciences 12(8): 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12080545

Beeri, I., Zaidan, A., & Zeedan, R. (2021). Willingness to pay taxes through mutual trust: The effect of fairness, governability, tax-enforcement and outsourcing on local tax collection rates. Governance, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12662 

Zeedan, R. and Luce, M. (2021). Druze Women and Gender in Druze Society: A Systematic literature review. Religions 12(12): 1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12121111 

Zeedan, R. (2020). Reconsidering the Druze Narrative in the Wake of the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People. Israel Studies, 25(3), 153-166. https://doi.org/10.2979/israelstudies.25.3.14

Zeedan, R. “The Druze Community in Israel.” Oxford Bibliographies in “Jewish Studies.” Ed. Naomi Seidman. New York: Oxford University Press. 27 February 2019.

Zeedan, R. (2019). The Role of Military Service in the Integration/Segregation of Muslims, Christians, and Druze within Israel.” Societies 9(1): 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9010001

Zeedan, R. (2018). Predicting the Vote in Kinship-Based Municipal Elections- the case of Arab localities in Israel. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 38(1), pp. 87-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2018.1432149

Zeedan, R. (2017). Bigger, but not always Better: Size and Local Democracy in Israeli Amalgamated Local Governments. Journal of Urban Affairs, 39 (5), pp. 711-728. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2016.1262701 

Zeedan, R., Vigoda-Gadot, E., & Ben-Artzi Y. (2017). “Causes of (and Solutions for?) Financial Crises in Local Governments: Insights from Local Arab Authorities in Israel”, Administration & Society, 49 (7), pp. 1065-1083. (Advance online publication 21 November 2014). https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399714556501

Zeedan, R. (2013). “Israel’s 2003 Plan for Unification of Local Authorities”. Israel Affairs. 19:1: 170-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2013.748293