Nurit Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli philologist, professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, translator, and activist.
10 Facts About Nurit Peled-Elhanan
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan is a 2001 co-laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan is known for her research on the portrayal of Palestinians in Israeli textbooks, which she has criticized as being anti-Palestinian.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan has criticized George W Bush, Tony Blair, and Ariel Sharon for fostering anti-Muslim views.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan was raised in a leftist family in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan described her home growing up as a leftist-Zionist home.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan is the daughter of Matti Peled, an Israeli Major-General, scholar of Arabic literature, a member of Knesset and a noted peace activist.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan's brother, Miko Peled is an activist for Palestinian rights, and author of the 2012 book, The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan is a professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a 2001 co-laureate of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan has translated Albert Memmi's Le racisme and Marguerite Duras' Ecrire into Hebrew.