Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal | |
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رولا جبريل | |
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Born | (1973-04-24) 24 April 1973 (age 51) Haifa, Israel |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Citizenship | Israeli, Italian[1] |
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, commentator, author |
Children | Miral Rivalta[2] |
Website | rulajebreal |
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Rula Jebreal (Arabic: رولا جبريل, Hebrew: רולא ג'בריל; born 24 April 1973) is a Palestinian[3][4] foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter with dual Israeli and Italian citizenship. She was a commentator for MSNBC.[5]
Early life and education
Jebreal was born in Haifa, Israel, to Nigeria-born Sufi imam Othman Jebreal and Zakia, and grew up in Jerusalem.[6] Her father was an imam and groundskeeper at Al-Aqsa.[6] Her mother, who suffered from severe abuse in her childhood, committed suicide by walking into the sea and drowning when Jebreal was 5.[7][8] She and her sister Rania were put into the Dar El-Tifel orphanage by their father,[7][8] in 1978, until 1991. She was raised in the orphanage, and regards its founder, Hind Husseini, as her teacher and mother, crediting her with saving her life.[9]
In 1993, she received a scholarship from the Italian government to study at the University of Bologna, where she graduated with a degree in physiotherapy.[citation needed]
Career
Journalism
Jebreal worked as a journalist in Italy for twelve years. In 2006 she worked with Michele Santoro as an interviewer on AnnoZero, a political television show in Italy.[10]
Books and films
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Jebreal's first novel Miral was published in 2003. The film version, adapted by Jebreal, and directed by Julian Schnabel, was first released in 2010.[2][7][11]
Jebreal's second novel The Bride of Aswan was published in 2007. Her third book, Rejected, is a non-fiction study based on interviews with immigrants who have either made their way to successful careers in Italy or otherwise live on the margins of Italian society.[12]
Personal life
She has a daughter Miral whose father is artist Davide Rivalta.[13]
Her collaboration with Julian Schnabel on Miral, extended beyond the movie. Jebreal was in a relationship with him from 2007 to 2011.[14][15][16]
In 2013, she married Arthur Altschul, Jr., son of banker Arthur Goodhart Altschul Sr. and a member of the Lehman family. She divorced Altschul in 2016 and started dating Roger Waters, founder of Pink Floyd.[17]
She is fluent in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, English and Italian.[18] She describes herself as a "secular Muslim".[19]
Works
- La strada dei fiori di Miral, BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli, 2005, ISBN 978-88-17-00850-1
- Miral. Translated by John Cullen. Penguin. 2010. ISBN 978-0-14-311619-6.
- Ørkenblomsten, Engelstad forl., 2005, ISBN 978-82-92533-10-9
- Miral – Ein Land. Drei Frauen. Ein gemeinsamer Traum, Translated Leon Mengden, Btb, 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-74148-9
- La sposa di Assuan, (Bride of Aswan) Rizzoli, 2005, ISBN 978-88-17-00867-9
- La promise d'Assouan, Translated Lucie Comparini, Altal éd., 2007, ISBN 978-2-916736-04-4
- A esposa de Assuão, Campo das Letras, 2007, ISBN 978-989-625-237-3
- Divieto di soggiorno: l'Italia vista con gli occhi dei suoi immigrati, (Rejected) Milan, Italy: Rizzoli, 2007, ISBN 978-88-17-01270-6
References
- ^ "Minority Life in Israel". The New York Times. 28 October 2014.
- ^ a b Kazanjian, Dodie (26 October 2010). "Rula's View". Vogue.com. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Rula's View". Vogue. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Rula Jebreal: How I'm Treated as a Minority in Israel". Tikkun. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Rula Jebreal". TalkingPointsMemo. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ a b Peter M. Brant (2010). "Rula Jebreal". Interview Magazine.
- ^ a b c "Julian Schnabel falls for Palestinian tale, then for its writer". McClatchy Newspapers. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ a b Malle, Chloe (23 March 2011). "One Turbulent World Readied Her for Another". The New York Times. New York. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ Dodie Kazanjian, 'Rula’s View,'Vogue 24 October 2010.
- ^ 'Rula "senza testa", caccia al colpevole ma è un giallo di cattivo gusto,' La Repubblica 5 November 2006
- ^ Arifa Akbar (3 September 2010). "Schnabel's true romance inspires tale of love across cultural divide". The Independent. London.
- ^ Roberto Conti, Divieto di Soggiorno: l’Italia vista con gli occhi dei suoi immigrati, Frontiere News, 8 March 2011
- ^ "Rula Jebreal: Tutto sulla giornalista palestinese". 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Rula Jebreal". 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Julian Schnabel and Rula Jebreal Have Broken Schnup".
- ^ "Rula Jebreal Photostream".
- ^ "Pink Floyd's Roger Waters dating friend's ex". Fox News. 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Rula Jebreal". Huffington Post.
- ^ Schwartz, Ian (31 October 2014). "Maher vs. Muslim Journo on Berkeley Speech: "Whoever Told You You Only Had To Hear What Didn't Upset You?"". Real Clear Politics.
External links
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- Official website
- Rula Jebreal at IMDb
- Rula Jebreal on C-SPAN
- "Rula Jebreal", collected articles at Radyoheval (Italian)