Sumaya Farhat Naser ( ar, سمية فرحات ناصر‎, born 11 June 1948 in

Bir Zeit Birzeit ( ar, بيرزيت), also Bir Zeit, is a State of Palestine, Palestinian Palestinian Christians, Christian town north of Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Its population in the 2007 census was 4,529. Birzeit is the home to Birzeit Unive ...

) is a

Palestinian Christian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

peace activist A peace movement is a social movement which seeks to achieve ideals, such as the ending of a particular war (or wars) or minimizing inter-human violence in a particular place or situation. They are often linked to the goal of achieving world peac ...

in the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. She attended ''Talitha Kumi'', a boarding school in

Beit Jala Beit Jala ( ar, ) is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank. Beit Jala is located 10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem, at altitude. In 2017, Beit Jala had ...

which was founded by

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deaconesses in the 19th century. After gaining her university entrance qualification, she studied biology, geography and education at the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

, Germany and received a doctor's degree in applied

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. Between 1982 and 1997 she was a university lecturer in botany and

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

at the Palestinian

Birzeit University Birzeit University (BZU; ar, جامعة بيرزيت) is a public university in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Mi ...

north of

Ramallah Ramallah ( , ; ar, رام الله, , God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that serves as the ''de facto'' administrative capital of the State of Palestine. It is situated on the Judaean Mountains, north of Jerusale ...

. Between 1997 and 2001 she was the manager of the Palestinian Jerusalem Center for Women, working for peace together with the Israeli group Bat Shalom. Sumaya Farhat-Naser is known for her clear expressions of opinion in the media, and particularly for her various projects, in which she motivates Palestinian women to work on a peaceful resolution to the

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Publications

* ''Thymian und Steine'' (autobiography), Lenos Verlag, Basel 1995, * ''Daughter of the Olive Trees'', Lenos Verlag, Basel 2003, * ''Disteln im Weinberg. Tagebuch aus Palästina'', Lenos, Basel 2007, * ''Im Schatten des Feigenbaums'', Lenos, Basel 2013, * ''Ein Leben für den Frieden, Lesebuch aus Palästina''. Lenos, Basel 2017,

Awards

* 1989 Honorary Doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over ...

, Germany * 1995 Bruno-Kreisky-Award for merits on Human Rights * 1997

Mount Zion Award The Mount Zion Award is a biennial award by the Mount Zion Foundation, which has its seat at the Institute for Jewish-Christian Research (IJCF) at the University of Lucerne in Switzerland. The award is presented every other year close to October ...

for Reconciliation * 1997 Evangelical Book Award * 2000 Peace Award of the City of Augsburg * 2002 Hermann-Kesten-Medaille of the P.E.N.-Center * 2002 Solidarity Award of the city of Bremen * 2003 Profax-Preis of Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich * 2011 AMOS-Prize for Civil Courag
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