Rula Jebreal
| Rula Jebreal | |
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Jebreal in October 2010
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| Native name | رولا جبريل |
| Born |
April 24, 1973 Haifa, Israel |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Citizenship | Israeli, Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
| Occupation | Journalist, commentator, author |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Altschul, Jr. (m. 2013-2016) |
| Children | Miral Rivalta |
| Website | Official Web site |
Rula Jebreal (Arabic: رولا جبريل, Hebrew: רולא ג'בריל; born April 24, 1973) is a Palestinian foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter with dual Israeli and Italian citizenship. She was a commentator for MSNBC.
Jebreal was born in Haifa, Israel, to Othman Jebreal and Zakia, and grew up in Jerusalem. Her father was an imam and groundskeeper at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Her mother, who suffered from severe abuse in her childhood, committed suicide by walking into the sea when Jebreal was 5. She and her sister Rania were put into the Dar El-Tifel orphanage by their father, in 1978, until 1991. She was raised in the orphanage, and regards its founder, e Hind Husseini, as her teacher and mother, crediting her with saving her life.
In 1993 she received a scholarship from the Italian government to study medicine at the University of Bologna, where she graduated with a degree in physiotherapy.
Jebreal worked as a journalist in Italy for twelve years. In 2006 she worked with Michele Santoro as an interviewer on AnnoZero, a political television show in Italy.
Jebreal wrote her first novel Miral in 2003. It was eventually made into a film that was directed by Julian Schnabel, from Jebreal's screenplay.
Jebreal's second novel The Bride of Aswan was published in 2007. Her third book, Rejected, is a non-fiction study based on interviews with immigrants who have either made their way to successful careers in Italy or otherwise live on the margins of Italian society.
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