Nejla Abu-Izzedin

Nejla Abu-Izzedin
نجلاء أبو عزِّ الدين
A woman with olive skin, dark hair and eyes
Nejla Abu-Izzedin, from a 1946 Canadian newspaper
BornMay 22, 1907
Abadiyeh, Greater Syria (now Lebanon)
Died2008(2008-00-00) (aged 100–101)
Other namesNejla Izzedin, Najla Abou Ezzedine, Najla Abu Izzeddin, Naglaa Abu Ezz el-Din
Occupation(s)Writer, anthropologist, diplomat, educator, historian

Nejla Mustafa Abu-Izzedin (Arabic: نجلاء أبو عزِّ الدين; May 22, 1907[1] – 2008), also known as Najla Abu Izzeddin,[2] was a Lebanese anthropologist, educator, historian, and diplomat. She was a lecturer on Arab topics in North America in the 1940s and 1950s, and author of several histories of the Arab world. She co-founded the Institute for Palestinian Studies in Beirut in 1963.

  1. ^ Birthdate, parents' names, and identitification photo from Najla Abou Ezzeddine's 1947 consular pass, in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965, via Ancestry.
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