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Rula Jebreal Biography

Journalist

Rula Jebreal is a renowned journalist, born on April 24, 1973. She is known for her bravery and depth in reporting from conflict zones, particularly on the issues of Palestine and Israel.

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“My first memory as a child growing up is of playing in the gardens, the mosque is really a gigantic garden, probably the biggest in all of East Jerusalem. Our house was about 100 meters from the mosque.”

Firsts Children House Memories Growing Up Growing Garden East Jerusalem Meter Mosques Children Growing Up Growing Children

Author:Rula Jebreal

“My whole childhood was about being in the garden. It wasn't really a religious place to me. The love I felt there... was in contradiction with what I saw in the streets. It was a different world.”

World Different Whole Felt Religious Saws Streets Childhood Garden Contradiction Different Worlds

Author:Rula Jebreal

“I was protected behind the walls of my house, the walls of the mosque and later, walls of my school. I didn't know that I was Palestinian. I knew that I was a girl, but the identity issues came later when I was 12 or 13 - then, they came in a very strong way.”

Knows Way School Girl House Strong Behinds Issues Identity Wall Very Strong Protected Palestinian Mosques

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“You start questioning yourself: Who am I? Where do I belong? Where am I going? Why is my city divided? Why are we not allowed to enter in certain areas? We used to ask my father why the Christians lived in another neighborhood and didn’t come to our neighborhood. I think my father was trying to avoid having us think about these issues.”

Thinking Trying Christian Used Certain Asks Father Cities Issues Areas Neighborhood Divided Questioning

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“I think the first time I really felt that I was Palestinian was a time when I was trying to go back to school with my father at night and there was a curfew for Palestinians. My father said, "I will walk first, but you have to understand, the police will not let me go... So keep moving and don't look at me and don't look back."”

Thinking Trying Firsts Looks Said School Moving Night Father Felt Walks First Time Let Me Police Palestinian Look At Me Keep Moving Let Me Go Curfew

Author:Rula Jebreal

“As a woman, you don't have really much freedom of choice in the Middle East - very often, by the time they are 13 or 14, girls get married.”

Choices Girl Middle Married East Middle East Freedom Of Choice

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“I was 16 when my father died, and I had a choice to come back and live in his house or I'd stay at the school. But I felt if my father wanted me to go to that school when I was 5, there must have been a reason - and I understood that reason when I was a teenager, because that school became the only place where I was safe.”

Ifs Has Beens Reason Wanted School Choices Father House Felt Safe Understood Died Teenager Father Died My Father Died

Author:Rula Jebreal

“My father's biggest achievement with us as children was that he taught us that everyone is human and equal, even your enemy has the same needs and wants that you do: understanding, love, inclusion.”

Want Needs Humans Children Father Understanding Enemy Taught Equal Achievement Inclusion Taught Us Needs And Wants Understanding Love

Author:Rula Jebreal

“My father was my mother's home, the one place that she knew she could be safe. It was all a journey of faith for him, and I think he felt like if you don't find more love and understanding at the end of a journey like that, then you are lost - and if you only find hate and resentment, it will destroy you. I believe that.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Ends Home Mother Hate Father Lost I Believe Felt Understanding Journey Safe Resentment End Of Journey

Author:Rula Jebreal

“The best artists transcend nationality and identity.”

Artist Identity Nationality Best Artist

Author:Rula Jebreal

“What I love most about New York is that I can walk in the street and nobody is looking at me as if I'm different. In my country and in Italy, you have to choose sides. I was a famous journalist and I was also an immigrant and ultimately I never stopped feeling like I was a guest.”

Ifs I Can Different Country Feelings Sides Walks Streets New York Journalist Immigrants Guests

Author:Rula Jebreal

“You can come from China, Russia, any place, and you can be a New Yorker. You can say what you want to say here, really express yourself.”

Want China What You Want Russia Express Yourself New Yorkers

Author:Rula Jebreal

“There's something that scares me. It's the way media in the United States presents the rest of the world. I feel like people in America are getting a completely different picture of what's going on in other countries than what is reality.”

People World Way Feels Different Country States Reality America United United States Media Scare Other Countries

Author:Rula Jebreal

“There's a deformity in the information that the public in the United Statesis receiving. It's contained in kind of a bubble and one day this bubble will explode.”

Kind United Information One Day Bubbles Receiving Deformity

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“I hope there's a window that opens in American television where the rest of the world is viewed in a less censored light. There is something about the world outside the United States that is not understood here - that seems threatening to Americans.”

World States Light Seems United United States Television Understood Window Threatening Censored American Television

Author:Rula Jebreal

About the Author

Born: April 24, 1973
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 15

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