Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder | |
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Born |
Beersheba, Israel | September 5, 1976
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Oxford |
Children | 3 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology, Anthropology, Gender studies |
Institutions | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (born September 5, 1976) is an Israeli-Arab sociologist, anthropologist, and feminist activist with a specialty in gender studies. She is the first Bedouin woman in Israel to receive a doctorate, and to be promoted to Associate Professor. [1] [2] [3] In June 2021, she was appointed Vice-President for Diversity and Inclusion at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [4]
Sarab Abu-Rabia was born in Beersheba, September 5, 1976. She is the eldest daughter of Abu Yunis, the first Bedouin doctor in the country, a resident of the tribe of Abu Rabia, the largest and most well-known in the Negev. Her mother is from northern Israel. [1] Abu Rabia has three sisters and a brother.
She studied at the Comprehensive High School in Beersheba, one of the better-funded Jewish schools in the city, and was the only Bedouin among 400 Jewish students. [5] [6] She received a masters degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1995, [7] a Ph.D. in 2006, and carried out postdoctoral fellowship in Gender Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Oxford in England. [8]
Abu-Rabia-Queder has been described in a literature review of Palestinian anthropology as "a pioneer of scholarship on the economies of Palestinian Bedouin women in Israel." [9] She is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. [10]
She teaches Arab feminism in the Middle East, on Diversity and racism in the academic world. Her research includes education and employment among minority populations. She has published three books on the subject. A feminist activist and activist for the rights of Bedouin society in the Negev, she is one of the founders of the Forum of Arab Women's Organizations in the Negev. She serves as book review editor of Hagar Journal: Studies in Culture, Polity and Identities. [6] Abu-Rabia-Queder's approach relies on postcolonial critique. Her areas of expertise and research include: [5]
She married Hassan Abu Qweider, an accountant, and is the mother of three sons. [5] Abu-Rabia-Queder lives in Be'er Sheva.
Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder | |
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Born |
Beersheba, Israel | September 5, 1976
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Oxford |
Children | 3 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology, Anthropology, Gender studies |
Institutions | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (born September 5, 1976) is an Israeli-Arab sociologist, anthropologist, and feminist activist with a specialty in gender studies. She is the first Bedouin woman in Israel to receive a doctorate, and to be promoted to Associate Professor. [1] [2] [3] In June 2021, she was appointed Vice-President for Diversity and Inclusion at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [4]
Sarab Abu-Rabia was born in Beersheba, September 5, 1976. She is the eldest daughter of Abu Yunis, the first Bedouin doctor in the country, a resident of the tribe of Abu Rabia, the largest and most well-known in the Negev. Her mother is from northern Israel. [1] Abu Rabia has three sisters and a brother.
She studied at the Comprehensive High School in Beersheba, one of the better-funded Jewish schools in the city, and was the only Bedouin among 400 Jewish students. [5] [6] She received a masters degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1995, [7] a Ph.D. in 2006, and carried out postdoctoral fellowship in Gender Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Oxford in England. [8]
Abu-Rabia-Queder has been described in a literature review of Palestinian anthropology as "a pioneer of scholarship on the economies of Palestinian Bedouin women in Israel." [9] She is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. [10]
She teaches Arab feminism in the Middle East, on Diversity and racism in the academic world. Her research includes education and employment among minority populations. She has published three books on the subject. A feminist activist and activist for the rights of Bedouin society in the Negev, she is one of the founders of the Forum of Arab Women's Organizations in the Negev. She serves as book review editor of Hagar Journal: Studies in Culture, Polity and Identities. [6] Abu-Rabia-Queder's approach relies on postcolonial critique. Her areas of expertise and research include: [5]
She married Hassan Abu Qweider, an accountant, and is the mother of three sons. [5] Abu-Rabia-Queder lives in Be'er Sheva.