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Born in Aleppo, Syria, to Palestinian parents (father from Nablus, mother from Taybeh, Galilee); studied graduated English Literature at the AUB, graduating with a BA in 1970 and an MA in 1973; worked as a journalist with several publications; became editor-in-chief of the London-based Middle East Magazine in 1981; moved to New York in 1989 to join the UNDP, where she served as a senior development officer until 1999; also served as Pres. of the Association of Arab American University Graduates in 1997; manages her own consultancy firm Development Analysis and Communication Services (DACS) since 1999; was a co-founder of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation in 2002; served as Exec. Director of the Washington-based Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and its educational program, the Palestine Center, in 2004; became a Senior Fellow at the IPS in 2005; her publications include Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work (Cambridge, 1988).
