Birth: NULL/NULL/1951 Death:NULL/NULL/1999
Born in Jerusalem on 24 Jan. 1951; attended Schmidt Girls’ School; studied at Birzeit College and the AUB, graduating with a BS in Nursing in 1973; worked as junior lecturer of Nursing at the University of Jordan from 1974-75; returned to Jerusalem and worked as Assistant Director of Nursing at Al-Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem from 1975-76; continued her studies and earned an MS in Nursing from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, in 1978, a degree in Public Health from Harvard University, Boston, in 1982; and a PhD in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA’ in 1989; worked for Unicef first as consultant from 1989-1992, then as Health Project Officer from 1993-1995 (and for a short term in 1993 as officer in charge of UNICEF); also served as consultant for the America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST) in Jerusalem from 1990 to Jan. 1994; after the establishment of the PA, became consultant for the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation; also worked as consultant for the Harvard Institute for International Development, the Women Center for Legal Aid and Counseling in Jerusalem, the Canadian International Development Aid (CIDA), and others; after 1996, independent consultant, leading needs assessment teams for the Welfare Association Consortium for the Management of the Palestinian NGO Project and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Gender Unit, Ramallah; was member of the Palestine Nursing Association, the Palestine Public Health Association, and the Palestinian Council of Health; was stabbed in the chest near the Musrara Quarter in Jerusalem on 11 Feb. 1999, by a 23-year old Palestinian, who mistook her for an Israeli (he turned himself in to Israeli police after realizing his mistake).
