Noura Erakat
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About
Palestinian-American human rights lawyer, writer, professor, activist, and legal scholar, she is known for being a specialist on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, more specifically in the fields of refugee law, humanitarian law, national security law, and social justice. She co-created the online magazine Jadaliyya in 2010.
Before Fame
She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 and went on to be a UC Berkeley Human Rights Center Summer Fellow in 2003. She obtained her Juris Doctor from UC Berkeley School of Law in 2005 and her Masters of Law from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated from on the Dean's List in 2012.
Trivia
She has served on various boards and committees including the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, the Institute for Policy Studies, and the Trans-Arab Research Institute.
Family Life
She is of Palestinian heritage and was born and raised in Alameda County, California. Her motto is "Justicia, Paz, Amor in any language."
Associated With
Her brother is renowned YouTube prankster fouseyTUBE.
