Birth: 1/1/1959 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
orn in Jerusalem in 1951 to a Palestinian Orthodox Christian family; began a career as social worker at the Pontifical Mission of Palestine in Jerusalem from 1975-76; studied Sociology at the AUB and Birzeit University, graduating with a BA in 1976; worked as Program Coordinator of social and cultural programs for the youth at the YWCA, Jerusalem, from 1976-78; became coordinator of the Student’s Voluntary Work Program at Birzeit University from 1977-78; went to the US and studied at the Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, graduating with an MA in Sociology from Northeastern University in 1981; returned to Palestine and worked as Assistant Professor at Birzeit’s Sociology and Anthropology Dept. from 1981-2003; founding member and coordinator of ‘Our Production is Our Pride’ (a cooperative organization established in conjunction with Birzeit University) from 1985-94; co-founder of the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Ramallah, in 1990 (until 1995); worked as a gender consultant for community projects (1990-96); served as Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Al-Haq – Law in the Service of Man, Ramallah, from 1994-97; was a consultant for the UNDP Sustainable Development project on Palestine in 1995-96; Director of the Women Studies Institute at Birzeit University since 1998; member of several local and international organizations, incl. a task force for the Federation of International Training (FIT) Canada (1992-95), the UNDP Palestinian Women Advocacy Group (1992-95), the Women Technical Committee (since 1995), the Social Scientist Network (since Sept. 1999), the National Poverty Commission (Sept. 1999-2001), the Human Development Report Committee on Palestine (since Sept. 1999), a team for accreditation and evaluation of Social Science programs in the Palestinian national colleges and universities (from Sept. 2003-Sept. 2004), and the consultative team for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (since March 2004); in 2001, was promoted to Assistant Professor (PhD rank) due to her publications; heads a team of researchers to mainstream gender in UNRWA’s programs and activities since Jan. 2005; has widely published on gender and development, incl. her work on the Impact of the Separation Wall on the Palestinian Household (March 2005) and on Internally Displaced Palestinian Refugees: New Forms and Flexible Boundaries (forthcoming, Syracuse University Press House).
