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Biography of Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi
Name: Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi
Birth Date: October 8, 1946
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Nablus, Palestine
Nationality: Palestinian
Gender: Female
Occupations: political activist, spokesperson, human rights activist
Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi
Spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation in the Arab-Israeli peace talks and later chair of a human rights group in the West Bank and Gaza, Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi (born 1946), a professor of English literature and a political activist, won international recognition for her articulate defense of Palestinian national rights. Her innate eloquence is further manifested by her literary accomplishments.Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi was born October 8, 1946, in Nablus, one of the big cities of what was then central Palestine. The youngest of five children--all female--Hanan and the rest of the Mikhails moved around quite a bit during her childhood, mainly due to the 1948 war of Israeli independence and to demands placed on her father, a physician. From Nablus, her family moved to the warm city of Tiberias in the north where they remained until Israel became a state in 1948. With most Palestinian Arabs of that part of Palestine--now Israel--…showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…past often been misunderstood because the Israeli media, supported by large organizations in the West, has been working much more effectively to achieve the Jewish state's goals. She took on a new role as Arab media commissioner following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This position required her to monitor the western press for anti-Arab discrimination and discourage such discrimination from occuring in the first place. Further Reading The best source of additional information is The New Palestinians: The Emerging Generation of Leaders (1992) by John Wallach and Janet Wallach. See also Mikhail-Ashrawi, Hanan, This Side of Peace (Simon & Schuster, 1995); Victor, Barbara, A Voice of Reason: Hanan Ashrawi and Peace in the Middle East (Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994). Periodical articles include Commonweal, June 16, 1995; Foreign Affairs, July-August 1995; Interview, July 1995; Mother Jones, March-April 1993; Publishers Weekly, December 5, 1994; and Arabia.com,March 19, 2001; July 6, 2001; July 11, 2001; July 13, 2001, available from http://www.arabia.com (August 21, 2001).
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