Nibal Thawabteh
Nibal Thawabteh (Arabic language نبال ثوابتة) is a Palestinian political activist. In 2009 she received the International Women of Courage Award.[1] During her speech at the ceremony, she spoke for the Palestinian people and asked the world to listen to the Palestinian women.[2]
Work
Thawabteh was the first woman to be elected to the Beit Fajjar Village Council. Beit Fajjar is a village near Bethlehem. She also helped other women get seats in the Village Council. Thawabteh started a monthly newspaper to write about subjects like honor killing, polygamy, and poverty.[1]
Thawabteh is the director of the Media Development Center at Birzeit University in Birzeit, Palestine, near Ramallah.[3]