Nadia Hijab (, ) is a

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

political analyst, author, and journalist who comments frequently on human rights and the Middle East, and the situation of the

Palestinians Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenou ...

in particular.

Biography

Hijab was born in Aleppo,

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

Palestinian Arab Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous ...

parents, Wasfi Hijab and Abla Nashif, but grew up in neighboring

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

, where she earned a BA and MA in

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from the

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB; ) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its main campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, autonomous board of trustees and offers programs le ...

. During her years of study in

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

, Hijab worked as a journalist, but she left Lebanon after the onset of the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon. The religious diversity of the ...

. She traveled first to

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

, and then to London, England, where she became the editor-in-chief of ''Middle East Magazine'' and appeared frequently in the media as a commentator on Middle East affairs. 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 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towar ...

. In 2010, she co-founded

Al-Shabaka ''Al-Shabaka'', The Palestinian Policy Network is an independent, transnational think tank, whose mission is to convene "a multidisciplinary, global network of Palestinian analysts to produce critical policy analysis and collectively imagine a new ...

, a virtual think tank bringing together over 200 Palestinian thinkers and writers from all over the world. She was a member of the board of trustees at the

Institute for Palestine Studies The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the oldest independent nonprofit public service research institute in the Arab world. It was established and incorporated in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1963 and has since served as a model for other such ins ...

Books

* ''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,

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1990

References

External links

Profile of Nadia Hijab at the Institute for Middle East Understanding

Nadia Hijab at the Council on Foreign Relations

Columbia University – Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program Team Members
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hijab, Nadia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American University of Beirut alumni Syrian emigrants to the United States Palestinian women journalists 21st-century Palestinian journalists Women social scientists 21st-century Palestinian women writers 21st-century Palestinian writers Palestinian political scientists Lebanese people of Palestinian descent Syrian people of Palestinian descent Women political scientists