Nadia Hijab Explained

Nadia Hijab (ar|نادية حجاب|Nādya ḥijāb, pronounced as /ar/) 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.

Biography

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

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Barghouti. Omar. BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions : the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. 2011. Haymarket Books. 978-1608461141. 276.
2. Book: Hijab. Nadia. Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work. registration. 1988. Cambridge University Press. 978-0521269926. 9.
3. Book: Sharabi. Hisham. The Next Arab decade: alternative futures. 1988. Westview Press. 9780720119572. 330.
4. Book: Ansari. Shahid Jamal. Political Modernization in the Gulf. 1998. Northern Book Centre. 978-8172110888. 81.
5. Web site: Nadia Hijab: Analyst and author. Institute for Middle East Understanding. November 3, 2014. http://web.archive.org/web/20141103062744/http://imeu.org/article/nadia-hijab-analyst-and-author . 3 November 2014 . 31 December 2006.
6. Web site: Nadia Hijab . Al-Shabaka . 3 June 2024.
7. News: Hijab. Nadia. Recognition's Diplomatic Leverage Could Strengthen Palestinian Right. November 3, 2014. The New York Times. October 17, 2014.
8. Web site: Uprisings in the Middle East: A New Arab World Order. The Jerusalem Fund. November 3, 2014. http://web.archive.org/web/20141103054932/http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/27965 . 3 November 2014.
9. Web site: About Al-Shabaka . Al-Shabaka . 3 June 2024.
10. Web site: Nadia Hijab . 2022-07-12 . Institute for Palestine Studies . en . http://web.archive.org/web/20210731095810/https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/235736 . 31 July 2021.