Nour Odeh
{{Short description|Palestinian political analyst}}
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| known_for = Former first Palestinian woman spokesperson to Palestinian Authority, Al Jazeera correspondent
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| alma_mater = Golden Gate University
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Nour Odeh is a Palestinian political analyst, activist, researcher, public diplomacy consultant, journalist, author and former spokesperson to Palestinian Authority.{{Cite news|last=El-Haroun|first=Zainah|date=2021-02-16|title=Ashrawi will not run in Palestinian elections, to mentor new generation|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-politics-elections-ashra-idCAKBN2AG1WN|access-date=2021-05-12}}{{Cite web|date=2019-08-16|title=Rashida Tlaib rejects Israel's offer for 'humanitarian' visit to West Bank|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/16/israel-to-allow-entry-to-rashida-tlaib-for-humanitarian-visit|access-date=2021-05-12|website=the Guardian|language=en}} She was notably Palestine's first ever female government spokesperson.{{Cite web|title=Nour Odeh|url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/author/6c6ef734-b896-4111-b616-62bcf79e5b0f|access-date=2021-05-12|website=alaraby|language=en}} She is the founding member and committee member of the Democratic National Assembly of Palestine.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-18|title=Palestinian Paper: US Understands If Abbas Postpones Elections|url=https://themedialine.org/by-region/palestinian-paper-us-understands-if-abbas-postpones-elections/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=The Media Line|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=A third Palestinian uprising? {{!}} Inside Story - The Global Herald|date=11 May 2021 |url=https://theglobalherald.com/news/a-third-palestinian-uprising-inside-story/|access-date=2021-05-12|language=en-US}} She is a 1999 graduate of Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
Career
Odeh has been an independent media professional communications consultant and freelance journalist for over 20 years.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-25|title=Why Palestinians consider the UAE-Israel Deal a strategic betrayal|url=https://www.thecairoreview.com/contributors/nour-odeh/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=The Cairo Review of Global Affairs|language=en-US}} She also worked as the Al Jazeera English network's senior correspondent for the West Bank and Gaza for five years from 2006 to 2011. In 2008, her reporting won Al Jazeera English's first Golden Nymph award in the Monte Carlo Festival. {{Cite web|title=Nour Odeh – Foreign Policy|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/nour-odeh/|access-date=2021-05-12|language=en-US}} Additionally, she has served as a senior communications consultant and public relations advisor to the Palestinian government. In 2012, she was appointed Palestinian Authority spokesperson and thus became the first Palestinian women in that role.{{cite news|last=Greenwood|first=Phoebe|date=21 Oct 2012|title=Fatah claims Palestinian election victory|newspaper=Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/9624112/Fatah-claims-Palestinian-election-victory.html|accessdate=13 May 2021}} She was a candidate of Palestinian Legislative Council for the 2012–13 Palestinian local elections. She has also appeared as a regular guest in various international news outlets such as Al Jazeera.
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Category:Palestinian women journalists
Category:21st-century Palestinian journalists
Category:Palestinian activists