Hanan Awwad
Hanan Awwad (حنان عواد) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, advocate, and poet |
Hanan Awwad (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian activist, advocate, and poet.[1][2] She is the president and founder of the Palestine section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), through which she highlights Palestinian women and advocates for peace and human rights. Awwad has advocated for Palestine in front of multiple Presidents and Ministers, and in various conferences and congresses.[3]
Education
Awwad received a Diploma in Education in 1970. She graduated from Birzeit University in 1974 with a BA in Arabic Language and Literature.[4] In 1976, she earned a Diploma in Literary Criticism from Al Azhar University in Cairo, followed by an MA in 1977 in Arabic Literature and Humanities from Hebrew University in Jerusalem.[4] Awwad studied at Oxford University. She received a second MA degree followed by a PhD from McGill University. Her dissertation explored the works of Ghassan Kanafani.[4]
Career
From 1980 and 1982, Awwad worked as a teaching assistant in Islamic Studies at McGill University. She then worked as a researcher for the Department of Middle Eastern Studies of the National Museum of Man. Afterward, she returned to the West Bank. She was Head of the Department of Cultural Studies at Abu Dis College, in Jerusalem, between 1982 and 1986. Then she became the Head of the Department of Humanities. She also lectured at Birzeit University.
In 1988, Awwad founded the Palestinian Section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, serving as Middle East advisor.[4] Awwad also served as the cultural advisor for Yasser Arafat from 1998 to 2004.[2] Awwad also founded the Union of Palestinian Writers, the Palestinian Union of Journalists, and the PEN Center for Palestinian Writers (a section of PEN International).[4] She co-signed an open letter in 2016, urging Turkey to release journalists from prison.[5]
Selected works
Awwad writes in Arabic and below is the English translation of the titles of her poetry and books.
Poetry
Books
References
- ^ "Hanan Awwad (Palestine, 1951)". www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org.
- ^ a b "The Stentorian Text (The Strain of Departure): Hanan Awwad". www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org.
- ^ "Hanan Awwad". wilpf.org.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "All 4 Palestine | Model Role Details". www.all4palestine.com.
- ^ Letters, "Turkey's climate of fear and censorship". The Guardian. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Amazon.co.uk". www.amazon.co.uk.
- ^ "Arab causes in the fiction of Ghādah al-Sammān, (1961-1975)". Amazon. 1 January 1983.