Ibtisam Azem

Ibtisam Azem, born in 1974 in Tayibe, Israel, is a Palestinian author and journalist. She studied Islamic Studies, German Studies and English Studies in Freiburg, as well as social work in New York. In Berlin, she worked for Deutsche Welle and as a UN correspondent for the news outlet al-Araby al-Jadeed. She also co-edited the online magazine Jadaliyya. Azem has published two novels.