Nadia Hijab | |
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Born |
Aleppo, Syria |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Education | American University of Beirut |
Occupation(s) | Writer, political analyst |
Nadia Hijab ( Arabic: نادية حجاب, romanized: Nādya ḥijāb, [naːdja ħidʒaːb]) 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.
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]
Nadia Hijab | |
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Born |
Aleppo, Syria |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Education | American University of Beirut |
Occupation(s) | Writer, political analyst |
Nadia Hijab ( Arabic: نادية حجاب, romanized: Nādya ḥijāb, [naːdja ħidʒaːb]) 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.
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]