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Rula Jebreal
Palestinian born Italian writer
Rula Jebreal (Arabic: رولا جبريل; Hebrew: רולא ג׳בריל; born 24 April 1973) is a Palestinian[2][3] foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter with dual Israeli and Italian citizenship.
She was a commentator for MSNBC.[4]
Early life and education
Jebreal was born in Haifa, Israel, to Nigerian-born Othman Jebreal and his wife Zakia, and grew up in Jerusalem. Her father was a Sufiimam and a groundskeeper at Al-Aqsa Mosque.[5] Her mother, who suffered from severe abuse in her childhood, committed suicide by walking into the sea and drowning in 1978, when Jebreal was 5.
She and her sister Rania were immediately put into the Dar El-Tifel orphanage by their father[6][7] and were raised there until 1991. She regards its founder, Hind Husseini, as her teacher and mother, crediting her with saving her life.[8]
In 1993, she received a scholarship from