Amal Mudallali
{{Short description|Lebanese diplomat and journalist}}
Amal Mudallali is a Lebanese journalist and diplomat who currently serves as the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations and served as a Vice President in the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2020.{{Cite web|title=How Ramadan guides Amal Mudallali in her work as Lebanon's UN representative|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/how-ramadan-guides-amal-mudallali-in-her-work-as-lebanon-s-un-representative-1.1213318|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The National|date=4 May 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Anna|date=2020-02-19|title=Her Excellency Amal Mudallali|url=https://washdiplomat.com/her-excellency-amal-mudallali/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Washington Diplomat|language=en-US}} Mudallali is the first Lebanese woman ambassador to the UN.
Education
Mudallali studied Mass Communication for her first degree at the Lebanese University and obtained a master’s degree in Political Communication from Syracuse University before proceeding to the University of Maryland Where she earned a Ph.D in Political Communication.{{Cite web|title=Amal Mudallali - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/authors/amal-mudallali.html|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.al-monitor.com|language=en}}
Career
Mudallali spent her journalism career in Washington DC working with English and Arabic broadcasters including the BBC, Radio Netherlands and Deutsche Welle. After years of journalism practice she was appointed as a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri serving from 2000 to 2005 and later became principal adviser on American Affairs to the Prime Minister Saad Hariri and remained in this position for several years.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-19|title=Meet The Arab Female Vice President For The Upcoming UN General Assembly'|url=https://www.abouther.com/node/30631/people/leading-ladies/meet-arab-female-vice-president-upcoming-un-general-assembly%E2%80%99|access-date=2021-09-22|website=About Her|language=en}} From 2013 to 2016, she worked as a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. She was appointed Lebanon Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 2017 becoming the first woman to represent Lebanon at the UN. She served as a Vice President with President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande for the 75th session of UNGA in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Lebanon files complaint with UN over Israeli aggression|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/lebanon-files-complaint-with-un-over-israeli-aggression/2341231|access-date=2021-09-22|website=www.aa.com.tr}}
References
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Category:Lebanese University alumni
Category:Syracuse University alumni
Category:University of Maryland, Baltimore
Category:21st-century Lebanese diplomats
Category:Permanent representatives of Lebanon to the United Nations
Category:21st-century Lebanese women writers