- Ibtisam Barakat
Ibtisam Barakat is a
Palestinian-American writer, poet, and educator. She was born inBeit Hanina , nearJerusalem .Barakat received her
Bachelor's degree fromBir Zeit University , nearRamallah in theWest Bank . In 1986, she moved toNew York City , where she interned withThe Nation magazine. She went on to earn aMasters degree inJournalism andHuman Development and Family Studies from theUniversity of Missouri .Her childhood memoir, "," about growing up under
Israeli occupation following the 1967Six-Day War , was published in 2007 byFarrar, Straus and Giroux .References
* [http://imeu.net/news/article004582.shtml Profile of Ibtisam Barakat at the Institute for Middle East Understanding]
* [http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/2007/05/conversation-with-ibtisam-barakat.html An Interview with Ibtisam Barakat, "Critical Mass", 14 May 2007]External Links
* [http://imeu.net/news/article0014104.shtml Ibtisam Barakat on Mahmoud Darwish at IMEU.net]
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