Amal Hamad

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Amal Tawfiq Abdel Hadi Nashwan Hamad

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| office = Palestinian Minister of Women's Affairs

| term_start = 2019

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| president = Mahmoud Abbas

| primeminister = Mohammad Shtayyeh

| predecessor = Haifa al-Agha

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| office2 = Member of the Fatah Central Committee

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| office3 = Member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council

| term_start3 = 2009

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| office4 = Deputy Secretary of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah

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| office5 = Member of the Palestinian National Council

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| office6 = Deputy Commissioner for International Relations of Fatah

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| office7 = Responsible Minister for the General Union of Palestinian Women in the Gaza Strip

| term_start7 = 2007

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| birth_date = July 12, 1963

| birth_place = Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip

| nationality = Palestinian

| party = Fatah

| alma_mater = Birzeit University, Al-Aqsa University, Ain Shams University

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Amal Tawfiq Abdel Hadi Nashwan Hamad (born July 12, 1963) is a Palestinian politician and feminist associated with the Fatah movement. As of 2019 she serves as the Palestinian Minister of Women's Affairs in the Shtayyeh Government.

She was born in 1963 in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip. In her early years, Hamad received her education in Beit Hanoun and later pursued higher studies at Birzeit University, earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a diploma in education. She furthered her education with diplomas in teaching methods and educational psychology from Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. Later, she completed a master's degree in social psychology at Ain Shams University in Egypt and a doctorate in educational psychology from the same university in 2015.

Throughout her political career, Hamad has held significant roles, including being a member of the Fatah Central Committee{{cite web |title=17 03. 2015 0 Share The Center condemns preventing a member of the Fatah Central Committee, Amal Hamad, from traveling through the Beit Hanoun crossing |url=https://pchrgaza.org/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b2-%d9%8a%d8%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b9-%d8%b9%d8%b6%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%ad-2/ |website=Palestinian Centre for Human Rights |publisher=Palestinian Centre for Human Rights |access-date=21 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Results of the elections for members of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, with the number of votes each candidate obtained |url=https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/content/print/140685.html |website=Al Watan Voice |publisher=Al Watan Voice |access-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206223625/https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/content/print/140685.html |archive-date=2021-02-06}} and serving as the Responsible Minister for the General Union of Palestinian Women in Gaza since 2007. She was elected to the Fatah Revolutionary Council in 2009 and has been actively involved in various Palestinian political bodies. In 2019, she assumed the position of Minister of Palestinian Women's Affairs in the Shtayyeh Government, taking the oath before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.{{cite web |title=Biography of the ministers of the new government |url=https://ramallah.news/post/124713/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9 |website=Ramallah News |publisher=Ramallah News |access-date=21 October 2023}}