Dima Jamali

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Dima Jamali
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PROF. DIMA JAMALI, MP
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut (AUB)
San Jose State University
University of Kent
Occupation
Parent(s)
  • Rashid Jamali (father)

Dima Jamali (Arabic: ديما جمالي) is a Lebanese academic and politician from Tripoli. She was one of six women elected MP in 2018,[1] for the Future Movement,[2][3] before resigning from the parliament in August 2020, as a consequence of the Beirut Explosion[4] that shook the capital the same month.

Biography[]

She holds a BA from the American University of Beirut (AUB), an MA from San Jose State University in the US, and a PhD in Social Policy and Administration from The University of Kent in the UK.[5]

In 2002, she returned to AUB as a faculty member, progressing from Assistant Professor to full-time Professor, Endowed Chair, and the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business.[5]

In 2018, she decided to take a break from academia to work in politics, with which she was familiar since her father Rashid Jamali was the mayor of Tripoli.[6][5] She became a Member of Parliament, when PM Saad El Hariri approached her to run with him for the 2018 Parliament Elections for the Future Movement.[6][1]

She explained that she would like to continue her work in academia but shared how, as a politician and MP, returning to the position of a full-time professor would be difficult, stating that she would try to continue contributing to the educational sector, especially with her prominent position at AUB.[5]

In 2020, she put her position in the Lebanese Parliament on hold, in response to the August 4 Beirut port blast, saying that she regretfully realized that her work in politics was not producing the desired result, and took a position of Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Sharjah, in the UAE.[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "من هي ديما جمالي وكيف دخلت السياسة؟ (بالفيديو)". annahar.com. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. ^ "نائبة لبنانية تتهم بـ "الطائفية والعنصرية" بسبب تغريدة". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  3. ^ "ديما جمالي أعلنت إستقالتها من المجلس النيابي". Elnashra News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  4. ^ وكالات (2020-08-09). "النائبة ديما جمالي تعلن استقالتها من البرلمان اللبناني". الوطن (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  5. ^ a b c d "NAYA | Dima Jamali: From academia to parliament". annahar.com. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  6. ^ a b "Lebanon elects six women to Parliament | News , Lebanon Elections | THE DAILY STAR". www.dailystar.com.lb. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  7. ^ News·October 22, Souad Lazkani·Lebanon; 2020 (2020-10-22). "Lebanese MP Just Suspended Her Role In Parliament For A Job Abroad". The961. Retrieved 2021-03-07.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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