Joumana Haddad

Joumana Haddad
جمانة حداد
Joumana Haddad in Beirut, 2018
Born (1970-12-06) December 6, 1970 (age 53)
NationalityLebanese
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • public speaker
  • human rights activist
Awards
  • Social Economic Award (2018)
  • Career Poetry Prize (2014)
  • Cutuli Prize (2012)
  • Rodolfo Gentili Prize (2010)
  • Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize (2010)

Joumana Haddad (Arabic: جمانة حداد; née Salloum; born December 6, 1970, in Beirut) is a Lebanese author, public speaker, journalist and human rights activist.[1] She has been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women by Arabian Business Magazine for her cultural and social activism.[2] In 2021, she was on Apolitical's list of 100 most influential people in Gender Policy.[3] She is founder of Jasad, a quarterly Arabic-language magazine specialized in the arts and literature of the body (2009–2011). Haddad launched a new TV show in November 2018 on Alhurra highlighting the topics of free expression and critical thinking.[4] In September 2019, she founded a youth centered NGO in Beirut called the Joumana Haddad Freedoms Center.[5] In February 2020, in partnership with the Institut Français in Lebanon, she launched the first International Feminisms Festival in the Middle East with a group of local and international co-organizers.[6][7]

  1. ^ "contributor". banipal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  2. ^ "The World's Most Influential Arab Women". ArabianBusiness.com.
  3. ^ "Apolitical's 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy". apolitical.co.
  4. ^ Tilda ABOU RIZK avec web (2020-07-03). "L'Orient-Le Jour". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  5. ^ https://joumanahaddadfreedoms.org. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Lebanon Just Launched First International Feminist Festival in the Middle East". the961.com. 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "International Feminisms Festival".