She conducts research about the Middle East, studying both historical developments and contemporary trends.
She asserts that the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza "have created a more vibrant civil society than at any other time in their history".
[3] Divine said that with their attention directed to explaining the loss of a Palestinian state in 1948, scholars have failed to appreciate Palestine's nineteenth century history as a period of significant development.
[4] Divine is a feminist and has worked to expand women's rights and opportunities in the American academy and in the Middle East through her scholarship.
[a] Mandelbaum Scholar, University of Sydney, March 2017 invited back for 2020 Organizing Fellow, Kahn Institute for the Liberal Arts 2005-2006 [citation needed]