Nadia Hijab

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Nadia Hijab
Born
Aleppo, Syria
Nationality Palestinian
Education American University of Beirut
Occupation(s)Writer, political analyst

Nadia Hijab (Arabic : نادية حجاب, romanized: Nādya ḥijāb, [naːdjaħidʒaːb] ) is a Palestinian political analyst, [1] author, and journalist who comments frequently on human rights and the Middle East, and the situation of the Palestinians in particular.

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Biography

Hijab was born in Aleppo, Syria to Palestinian Arab parents, [2] Wasfi Hijab and Abla Nashif, but grew up in neighboring Lebanon, where she earned a BA and MA in English Literature from the American University of Beirut. [3] During her years of study in Beirut, Hijab worked as a journalist, but she left Lebanon after the onset of the Lebanese Civil War. She traveled first to Qatar, and then to London, England, where she became the editor-in-chief of Middle East Magazine [4] and appeared frequently in the media as a commentator on Middle East affairs. [5]

In 1989, Hijab moved to the United States, where she worked for 10 years in New York City as a development specialist for the United Nations Development Programme. [5]

In 2010, she co-founded Al-Shabaka, [6] [7] [8] a virtual think tank bringing together over 200 Palestinian thinkers and writers from all over the world. [9] She was a member of the board of trustees at the Institute for Palestine Studies. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Barghouti, Omar (2011). BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions : the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. Haymarket Books. p. 276. ISBN   978-1608461141.
  2. ↑ Hijab, Nadia (1988). Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work . Cambridge University Press. p.  9. ISBN   978-0521269926.
  3. ↑ Sharabi, Hisham (1988). The Next Arab decade: alternative futures. Westview Press. p. 330. ISBN   9780720119572.
  4. ↑ Ansari, Shahid Jamal (1998). Political Modernization in the Gulf. Northern Book Centre. p. 81. ISBN   978-8172110888.
  5. 1 2 "Nadia Hijab: Analyst and author". Institute for Middle East Understanding. December 31, 2006. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nadia Hijab". Al-Shabaka. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ Hijab, Nadia (October 17, 2014). "Recognition's Diplomatic Leverage Could Strengthen Palestinian Right". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Uprisings in the Middle East: A New Arab World Order". The Jerusalem Fund. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ "About Al-Shabaka". Al-Shabaka. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Nadia Hijab". Institute for Palestine Studies. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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