Rima Nazzal (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

: Kattaneh; ) is a Palestinian politician and author. She is a member of the Palestinian National Council and the

General Union of Palestinian Women The General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW or GUPWom) is the official representative of Palestinian people, Palestinian women within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The GUPW's executive committee consists of several members includi ...

. She publishes articles in various publications.

Biography

Rima's father was from Lifta, a village on the western outskirts of

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. She and her family had to leave their hometown in Palestine in 1969 when it was occupied by Israel. Rima managed to return to Palestine in the 1990s. She is a graduate of

Damascus University Damascus University () is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University () through the merger of the Faculty of Medicine of Dama ...

where she received a degree in accounting. She was employed at the Governorate of Nablus and held different posts, including director of the Department of Women, the advisor of cultural affairs and women's issues, and the general manager of financial and administrative management. Nazzal is part of the secretariat of the General Union of Palestinian Women and deals with its legal activities. She is also a member of the Palestinian National Council. During the 2022–2023 period she was a Supporting Arab Women at the Table (SAWT) Project fellow at the Arab Reform Initiative in Paris. Nazzal is one of the editorial board members of the ''Al Tasamoh'' magazine published by the Ramallah Center for Human Rights. She contributes to the '' Al-Ayyam'' newspaper based in

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and published weekly editorials in the paper. Nazzal also work for the Middle East Monitor website. Nazzal was married to Khaled Nazzal until his assassination by the Israeli agents in Athens, Greece, on 9 June 1986.

References

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