Hanan Ashrawi
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Ashrawi at the Duisburg Audimax Campus, November 29, 2007
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Hanan Daoud Mikhael October 8, 1946 Nablus, Mandatory Palestine |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse(s) | Emile Ashrawi |
| Children | Amal Zeina |
| Parent(s) | Daoud Mikhail, Wadi'a Ass'ad |
Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (Arabic: حنان داوود خليل عشراوي ; born October 8, 1946) is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar. She was a protégée and later colleague and close friend of Edward Said. Ashrawi was an important leader during the First Intifada, served as the official spokesperson for the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East peace process, and has been elected numerous times to the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ashrawi is a member of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's Third Way party. She is the first woman elected to the Palestinian National Council.
Ashrawi serves on the Advisory Board of several international and local organizations including the World Bank Middle East and North Africa (MENA), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the International Human Rights Council.
She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in literature in the Department of English at the American University of Beirut. Ashrawi also earned a Ph.D. in Medieval and Comparative Literature from the University of Virginia.
Ashrawi was born to Palestinian Christian parents on October 8, 1946 in the city of Nablus, British Mandate for Palestine, now part of the West Bank. Her father, Daoud Mikhail, was a physician and one of the founders of the Palestine Liberation Organization, her mother Wadi’a Ass’ad Mikhail, was an ophthalmic nurse.
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