Nour Odeh is a Palestinian political analyst, activist, researcher, public diplomacy consultant, journalist, author and former spokesperson to

Palestinian Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

. She was notably Palestine's first ever female government spokesperson. She is the founding member and committee member of the Democratic National Assembly of Palestine. 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. She also worked as the

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

English network's senior correspondent for the West Bank and

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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. 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. She was a candidate of

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for the 2012–13 Palestinian local elections. She has also appeared as a regular guest in various international news outlets such as Al Jazeera.

References

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