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Ghada Karmi ((アラビア語:غادة كرمي), ) (born 1939) is a Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic. She writes frequently on Palestinian issues in newspapers and magazines, including ''The Guardian'', ''The Nation'' and ''Journal of Palestine Studies''. She is a fellow and lecturer at the Institute of Arab & Islamic studies at Exeter University. ==Early life== Karmi was born in Jerusalem to a Muslim family. Her father was Palestinian and her mother was Syrian. In her 2002 autobiography, ''In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story'', she describes growing up in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Katamon, with its mixture of Palestinian Christians and Muslims. Among the family friends and neighbors was Khalil al-Sakakini and his family. Her family left Jerusalem in 1948. The family eventually settled in the predominantly Jewish neighbourhood of Golders Green, in London, England, where her father, Hasan Sa'id Karmi, worked for the BBC Arabic service. She studied and became a doctor of medicine, graduating from the University of Bristol in 1964. Initially Karmi practised as a physician, specialising in the health and social conditions of ethnic minorities, migrants and asylum seekers.〔(University of Adelaide )〕 Since 1972 she has been politically active for the Palestinian cause and gained a doctorate in the history of Arabic medicine from London University.〔(open democracy )〕 In 1998 she visited her childhood home in Katamon for the first time since 1948. She is an associate fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, and a visiting professor at London Metropolitan University. She is also vice-chair of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)〔(Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) )〕 She delivered the Edward Said Memorial lecture at the University of Adelaide, Australia in October, 2007 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ghada Karmi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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