Current position :

Student (PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution), journalist, member of the Board of Directors of the Centro Brasileiro de Solidariedade aos Povos e Luta pela Paz (CEBRAPAZ)

Institution adress :

Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal); Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES); Centro Brasileiro de Solidariedade aos Povos e Luta pela Paz (CEBRAPAZ)

Research fields :

• Self-determination of peoples / struggles for national emancipation / resistance
• International politics / peace and conflict studies / human rights
• Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) / critical legal studies

Contact :

moara.phd@gmail.com

List of works on Western Sahara:
Academic article / book chapter:

• (2020) “Self-determination as Resistance: Saharawi and Palestinian Struggle for the UN” in J. R. Avgustin (ed.) The United Nations: Friend or Foe of Self-determination? Bristol: E-International Relations Publishing, pp. 109-126.
• (2018) “Rompiendo el cerco en las Relaciones Internacionales: resistencia internacional desde Palestina y el Sáhara Occidental | Breaking the siege in International Relations: international resistance from Palestine and Western Sahara” in Relaciones Internacionales, N. 39, pp. 183-203.
• PhD thesis on the use of international law by peoples struggling for self-determination (case studies: Palestine and Western Sahara) : 2020

Reports / articles :

• (2018) Dossiê: Western Saara, décadas de luta por libertação (“Dossier: Western Sahara, decades of struggle for liberation”)
• (2017) Cortes militares servem ocupações beligerantes, da Palestina ao Saara Ocidental (“Military courts are at the service of the belligerent occupying powers, from Palestine to Western Sahara”)
• (2017) Contra o muro do silêncio: Saaráuis resistem à ocupação e negligência (“Against the wall of silence: Saharawis resist occupation and neglect”)
• (2017) Saaráuis exigem compromisso da ONU com a promessa de autodeterminação (“The Saharawis demand the commitment of the UN with the promise of self-determination”)
• (2017) No aniversário da República Saaráui, presidente apela a UN contra ocupação marroquina (“On the anniversary of the Saharawi Republic, the President appeals to the UN against the Moroccan occupation”)
• (2017) Processo arbitrário contra prisioneiros saaráuis expõe a ocupação marroquina (“Arbitrary proceedings against Saharawi prisoners denounce Moroccan occupation”)
• (2015) Decolonization of Western Sahara, the world’s debt to the Saharawi people

Language(s) :

• Portuguese
• French
• English