Bio
Amal Elsana Alh’jooj is a founder of several NGOs, including the Arab-Jewish Centre for Equality, Economic Empowerment and Cooperation, and the recipient of many international prizes. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (2006), she was included in Genius 100 Visionaries of the Future (2017); and awarded the New Israel Fund’s Human Rights Award (2013). Amal has a PhD in Social Work from McGill University and a post doctorate from the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Policy in the Women Public Policy program. She currently lives in Montreal, QC.