Rula Jebreal
{{Short description|Palestinian born Italian writer}}
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| name = Rula Jebreal
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| image = Rula Jebreal (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jebreal at the American University of Rome in September 2017
| native_name = رولا جبريل
| native_name_lang = ar
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|04|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel
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| nationality = Palestinian
| citizenship = {{hlist|Israeli|Italian{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/opinion/rula-jebreal-minority-life-in-israel.html|title=Minority Life in Israel|date=28 October 2014|work=The New York Times}}}}
| alma_mater = University of Bologna
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|commentator|author}}
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| spouse = {{marriage|Arthur Altschul, Jr.|2013|2016|end=div}}
| children = 1
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| website = {{URL|http://rulajebreal.net/}}
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{{external media|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me4tB-D4CL4&t=929s Jebreal on her secret interview] with Jamal Khashoggi}}
Rula Jebreal ({{langx|ar|رولا جبريل}}; {{langx|he|רולא ג׳בריל}}; born 24 April 1973) is a Palestinian{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/rulas-view|title=Rula's View|website=Vogue|date=24 October 2010|language=en|access-date=2019-07-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tikkun.org/rula-jebreal-how-im-treated-as-a-minority-in-israel|title=Rula Jebreal: How I'm Treated as a Minority in Israel|website=Tikkun|date=3 November 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-13}} foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter with dual Israeli and Italian citizenship. She was a commentator for MSNBC.{{cite web|title=Rula Jebreal|date=23 July 2014|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rula-jebreal-contract-msnbc-done|publisher=TalkingPointsMemo|access-date=24 July 2014}}
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 Sufi imam and a groundskeeper at Al-Aqsa Mosque.{{cite magazine|author1=Peter M. Brant|title=Rula Jebreal|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/rula-jebreal/#_|magazine=Interview Magazine|year=2010}} 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{{cite news | title =Julian Schnabel falls for Palestinian tale, then for its writer | publisher =McClatchy Newspapers | date =13 January 2011| url =https://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2011/01/13/20110113julian-schnabel-rula-jebreal-miral.html | access-date =24 March 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518173027/https://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2011/01/13/20110113julian-schnabel-rula-jebreal-miral.html |archivedate=2011-05-18 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news | title =One Turbulent World Readied Her for Another | work =The New York Times | date =23 March 2011 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/fashion/24RULA.html | access-date =24 March 2011 | location=New York | first=Chloe | last=Malle |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192317/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/fashion/24RULA.html |archivedate=2018-10-15 |url-status=dead}} and were raised there until 1991. She regards its founder, Hind al-Husseini, as her teacher and mother, crediting her with saving her life.Dodie Kazanjian, [http://www.vogue.com/865475/rulas-view/ 'Rula’s View,']Vogue 24 October 2010.
In 1993, she received a scholarship from the Italian government to study at the University of Bologna, where she graduated with a degree in physiotherapy.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
Career
=Journalism=
Jebreal worked as a journalist in Italy for twelve years. In 2006 she worked with Michele Santoro as an interviewer on AnnoZero, a political television show in Italy.[http://www.repubblica.it/2006/11/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/frase-rula-jebreal/frase-rula-jebreal/frase-rula-jebreal.html?refresh_ce 'Rula "senza testa", caccia al colpevole ma è un giallo di cattivo gusto,'] La Repubblica 5 November 2006
=Books and films=
File:Julian Schnabel & Rula Jebreal.jpg, 2010]]
Jebreal's first novel Miral was published in 2003. The film version, adapted by Jebreal, and directed by Julian Schnabel, was first released in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/rulas-view/ |title=Rula's View | last= Kazanjian | first= Dodie | work=Vogue.com |date=26 October 2010|access-date=5 May 2011}}{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/schnabels-true-romance-inspires-tale-of-love-across-cultural-divide-2069274.html| title=Schnabel's true romance inspires tale of love across cultural divide | author=Arifa Akbar | work=The Independent | date= 3 September 2010 | location=London}}
Jebreal's second novel The Bride of Aswan was published in 2007. Her third book, Rejected, is a non-fiction study based on interviews with immigrants who have either made their way to successful careers in Italy or otherwise live on the margins of Italian society.Roberto Conti, [http://frontierenews.it/2011/03/divieto-di-soggiorno-litalia-vista-con-gli-occhi-dei-suoi-immigrati/ Divieto di Soggiorno: l’Italia vista con gli occhi dei suoi immigrati,] Frontiere News, 8 March 2011
Personal life
She has a daughter, Miral, whose father is artist Davide Rivalta.{{Cite web|url=https://dilei.it/lifestyle/rula-jebreal-giornalista-palestinese/433715/|title=Rula Jebreal: Tutto sulla giornalista palestinese|date=11 March 2016}}
Jebreal's collaboration with Julian Schnabel on Miral extended beyond the movie, being in a relationship with him from 2007 to 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/rula-jebreal|title=Rula Jebreal|date=22 February 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/08/julian_schnabel_and_rula_jebre_1.html|title=Julian Schnabel and Rula Jebreal Have Broken Schnup|last=Rovzar|first=Chris|date=11 August 2011|work=NY Mag}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Rula+Jebreal/Julian+Schnabel+Opening+Exhibition+Arrivals/Zjmr-_gXL6r|title = Rula Jebreal Photostream}}
In 2013, she married Arthur Altschul, Jr., son of banker Arthur Goodhart Altschul Sr. and a member of the Lehman family. She divorced Altschul in 2016 and started dating Roger Waters, founder of Pink Floyd.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/pink-floyds-roger-waters-reportedly-dating-friends-ex/|title=Pink Floyd's Roger Waters dating friend's ex|author=New York Post|date=16 July 2016|website=Fox News}}
She is fluent in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, English and Italian.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/rula-jebreal|title=Rula Jebreal|website=Huffington Post}} She describes herself as a "secular Muslim".{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/10/31/maher_vs_muslim_guest_on_berkeley_speech_whoever_told_you_you_only_had_to_hear_what_didnt_upset_you.html|title=Maher vs. Muslim Journo on Berkeley Speech: "Whoever Told You You Only Had To Hear What Didn't Upset You?"|last=Schwartz|first=Ian|date=31 October 2014|website=Real Clear Politics}}
Works
- La strada dei fiori di Miral, BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli, 2005, {{ISBN|978-88-17-00850-1}}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZzdA2vfXUYC&q=miral| title=Miral|translator= John Cullen| publisher= Penguin| year= 2010 | isbn= 978-0-14-311619-6 }}
- Ørkenblomsten, Engelstad forl., 2005, {{ISBN|978-82-92533-10-9}}
- Miral – Ein Land. Drei Frauen. Ein gemeinsamer Traum, Translated Leon Mengden, Btb, 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-442-74148-9}}
- La sposa di Assuan, (Bride of Aswan) Rizzoli, 2005, {{ISBN|978-88-17-00867-9}}
- La promise d'Assouan, Translated Lucie Comparini, Altal éd., 2007, {{ISBN|978-2-916736-04-4}}
- A esposa de Assuão, Campo das Letras, 2007, {{ISBN|978-989-625-237-3}}
- Divieto di soggiorno: l'Italia vista con gli occhi dei suoi immigrati, (Rejected) Milan, Italy: Rizzoli, 2007, {{ISBN|978-88-17-01270-6}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://rulajebreal.net}}
- {{IMDb name|3313134}}
- Rula Jebreal on C-SPAN
- [http://www.radyoheval.org/search/Rula+Jebreal "Rula Jebreal"], collected articles at Radyoheval (Italian)
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