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Pathbreakers of Arab America—Najla Said

This is the fifty-second of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our fifty-second pathbreaker is Najla Said, a Palestinian American author, actress, playwright, and activist. Contributing writer, John Mason, writes about Najla, the daughter of noted postcolonial scholar and public intellectual Palestinian American Edward Said and of writer and activist, Lebanese American Mariam C. Said. Najla Said’s literary and academic work addresses racism, stereotyping, and social and economic inequality, focused on the challenges that face immigrant and second-generation Americans.

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Amaney A. Jamal

This is the twenty-eighth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. John Mason, contributing writer, reports on our twenty-eighth pathbreaker, Amaney Jamal. Born to a Palestinian family displaced by war, Dr. Jamal is the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics, and Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Jamal is the former Director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice. She also directs the Workshop on Arab Political Development and the Bobst-American University of Beirut Collaborative Initiative.

Pathbreakers of Arab America, Tenth in Series: Lisa Halaby/Queen Noor of Jordan

This is the tenth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, and politics, among other areas. Arab America highlights our tenth pathbreaker, Lisa Halaby, Queen of Jordan, Noor al-Hussein (‘the light of Hussein,’) Arab American, former architect/urban planner, proud daughter of Lebanese American Najib Halaby and Doris Carlquist. Her background allowed Lisa to adapt to the role of Queen in the royal family of King Hussein of Jordan. Lisa, now the widow of King Hussein, is a global activist for peace and justice.

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