Hanan Ashrawi

Hanan Ashrawi is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar whose public career has combined academic work with diplomacy and civil-society organizing. She served as spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation during the Madrid peace process beginning in 1991, represented Jerusalem in the Palestinian Legislative Council, and held the Palestinian Authority’s higher-education portfolio. Ashrawi also founded MIFTAH, an organization focused on dialogue, democracy, and Palestinian civic advocacy.