Amal Elsana Alh'jooj (Arabic: أمل الصانع الحجوج; Hebrew: אמל אלסאנע אלחג'וג'; born 1972)[1] is a Bedouin feminist, peace activist, and community organizer known for her grassroots work promoting universal access to rights and social justice in the Global South. She is a Palestinian citizen of Israel.[2]
She has organized movements and civil society projects around the issues of minority rights in Israel, particularly for women and indigenous peoples. She has a BA in Social Work from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a MA in Community Organizing and a PhD in Social Work from McGill University's School of Social Work. She has also conducted postdoctoral research at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School, as well as participating as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University. She is currently based in Montreal, where she works as the Executive Director of PLEDJ | Canada.
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