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- Country of residence: United States
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Born in Nablus to a Christian family; had her secondary schooling at Ramallah’s Friends Girls’ School; received a BA (1963) and an MA (1965) in Chemistry from the AUB; worked at AUB as a research assistant; was unable to return to Palestine due to the 1967 War and went to Saudi Arabia with her husband Ziad Assali, and a year later to the US; earned an MSc in Mathematical Systems from the Sangamon State University, Illinois; also took courses in Accounting and became a Certified Public Accountant; worked as real estate agent in the state of Illinois; has been active in many Arab-American organizations and served on the Board of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) for 10 years, five of which as Chairperson and two as Treasurer; Board member and co-founder of the American Task Force on Palestine; a treasurer and a Board Member of the Hala Maksoud Foundation.
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