A National Museum That's Preserving Arab American Stories | Diana Abouali
We spoke to the director of the Arab American Museum Diana Abouali to learn more about the history of the museum, its work and exhibitions, and her career as a museum director.
Diana Abouali currently serves as Director of the Arab American National Museum. She has worked in the higher education and cultural heritage sectors in the United States, Palestine and Jordan. Diana holds a PhD in History and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University, and was assistant professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures at Dartmouth College, 2006-2012. From 2012-2013, Abouali worked as Head of Research and Collections at the newly established Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, Palestine. Relocating to Amman, Jordan in 2014, she worked as Director of Education, Outreach and Awareness at the Petra National Trust. Abouali has organized and delivered cultural heritage education workshops to Syrian children and women in the Azraq and Zaatari refugee camps, and she occasionally teaches college-level courses in the U.S. and Jordan. Abouali is a member of the general assembly of Taawon-Welfare Association, the largest Palestinian NGO that provides development and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory and Lebanon. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Arte East (NYC) and is a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and formerly member of the board of the Palestinian Museum.
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