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Rula Jebreal (Arabic: رولا جبريل, Hebrew: רולא ג'בריל; born April 24, 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]

Rula Jebreal
رولا جبريل
Jebreal in September 2017
Born	(1973-04-24) April 24, 1973 (age 49) Haifa, Israel
Nationality	Palestinian
Citizenship	Israeli, Italian[1]
Alma mater	University of Bologna
Occupation	Journalist, commentator, author
Children	Miral Rivalta[2]
Website	Official Web site

External video
Jebreal on her secret interview with Jamal Khashoggi

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 the Al-Aqsa Mosque.[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] She and her sister Rania were put into the Dar El-Tifel orphanage by their father,[8][7] 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

Jebreal first novel Miral was published in 2003. The film version, adapted by Jebreal, and directed by Julian Schnabel, was first released in 2010.[2][8][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.[17] She divorced Altschul in 2016 and started dating Roger Waters, founder of Pink Floyd. [18]

She is fluent in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, English and Italian.[19] She describes herself as a "secular Muslim".[20]

Works

• La strada dei fiori di Miral, BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli, 2005, ISBN 978-88-17-00850-1
  • Miral. Translator John Cullen. Penguin. 2010. ISBN 978-0-14-311619-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • 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

External links

• Official website
• Rula Jebreal at IMDb
• Works by or about Rula Jebreal in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Rula Jebreal on C-SPAN

• "Rula Jebreal", collected articles at Radyoheval (Italian)

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