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.
Nadia Hijab | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aleppo, Syria |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Education | American University of Beirut |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, political analyst |
Biography edit
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]
Books edit
- Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work, Cambridge U.P., 1988
- Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel, co-authored with Amina Minns, I.B. Tauris 1990
References edit
- ^ Barghouti, Omar (2011). BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions : the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. Haymarket Books. p. 276. ISBN 978-1608461141.
- ^ Hijab, Nadia (1988). Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work. Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0521269926.
- ^ Sharabi, Hisham (1988). The Next Arab decade: alternative futures. Westview Press. p. 330. ISBN 9780720119572.
- ^ Ansari, Shahid Jamal (1998). Political Modernization in the Gulf. Northern Book Centre. p. 81. ISBN 978-8172110888.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Nadia Hijab". Al-Shabaka. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Hijab, Nadia (October 17, 2014). "Recognition's Diplomatic Leverage Could Strengthen Palestinian Right". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "About Al-Shabaka". Al-Shabaka. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ "Nadia Hijab". Institute for Palestine Studies. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
External links edit
- Profile of Nadia Hijab at the Institute for Middle East Understanding Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Nadia Hijab at the Council on Foreign Relations Archived April 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Columbia University – Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program Team Members Archived April 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine