Nadia Hijab

Nadia Hijab
Born	Syria
Nationality	Palestinian
Education	American University of Beirut
Occupation(s)	Writer, Political analyst

Nadia Hijab is a Palestinian political analyst, 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, Wasfi Hijab and Abla Nashif, but grew up in neighboring Lebanon, where she earned a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from the American University of Beirut. 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 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 as a development specialist for the United Nations Development Programme in New York City. In 2000, she founded a consultancy firm, which she still heads.

In 2010, she co-founded Al-Shabaka, a virtual think tank bringing together close to 60 Palestinian thinkers and writers from all over the world. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies.

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

References

• 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