Tarab Abdul Hadi

Tarab Abdul Hadi
Portrait of Abdul Hadi circa 1940s-1950s
Born	1910 Jenin, Palestine, Ottoman empire
Died	1976 (aged 65–66) Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Activist
Spouse(s)	Awni Abd al-Hadi

Tarab Abdul Hadi (also transliterated Tarab 'Abd al-Hadi) (Arabic: طَرب عبد الهادي‎‎, (1910 Jenin –1976 Cairo) was a Palestinian activist and feminist. In the late 1920s, she co-founded the Palestine Arab Women's Congress (PAWC), the first women's organization in British Mandate Palestine, and was an active organizer in its sister group, the Arab Women's Association (AWA).

Tarab Abdul Hadi was the wife of Awni Abd al-Hadi, who was himself active in politics and went on to become a prominent member of the Istiqlal party. Abdul Hadi and other women from notable Jerusalem families, established the Palestine Arab Women's Congress (PAWC) to make clear their opposition to the Zionist presence in Palestine and their support for the men's national struggle for independence.

The first meeting of the PAWC was held at Abdul Hadi's home in Jerusalem on October 26, 1929, with the event since heralded as the "first time" that Palestinian women entered the political arena. Abdul Hadi became one of the members of PAWC's Executive Committee, which consisted of fourteen women, drawn primarily from notable Jerusalem families (such as the Husseinis, 'Alamis, Nashashibis, and Budeiris). Besides writing letters and telegrams to raise awareness of the Palestinian plight, the PAWC also engaged in prisoner advocacy. This involved the attempt to shorten harsh prison sentences by appealing to the British authorities and raising money to support families who had lost their breadwinners to imprisonment.