Professor Galit Hasan-Rokem | |
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גלית חזן־רוקם | |
 Galit Hasan-Rokem in 2008 | |
| Born | 29 August 1945 Helsinki, Finland |
| Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD) |
| Employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Known for | Paremiology, folklore in Israel |
| Spouse | Freddie Rokem |
| Children | 3 |
Galit Hasan-Rokem (Hebrew: גלית חזן־רוקם, born 29 August 1945) is the Max and Margarethe Grunwald professor of folklore at the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Author and editor of numerous works, including co-editor of the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Folklore (2012), her research interests include proverbs, folklore and culture of the Middle East, and folklore genres and narratives. She is also a published poet and translator of poetry, and a Pro-Palestinian activist. The Jerusalem Post has called her "a figure of some prominence in Jerusalem intellectual circles".[1]
- ^ Green, Jeff (4 September 1998). "Reading from Right to Left". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015.