Raymonda Hawa-Tawil is a Palestinian writer and journalist who was born in 1940 in Akko, then Palestine, now Israel. Due to her personal desire for independence and her political activity, she was also called "The Lioness of Nablus". In 1978, Raymonda Hawa-Tawil opened a Palestinian news agency in Jerusalem, which published the magazine Al Awda -The Return-. In her political commitment and her professional work as a Palestinian journalist, she supports the Palestinian liberation struggle and promotes the emancipation efforts of Arab women. Because of her activity as a journalist, she was placed under house arrest for several months by the Israeli occupation and was also arrested several times. However, she was released following the intervention of Jean Paul Satre and Nahum Goldmann, President of the World Zionist Congress. She processed these and other experiences in her book My Prison Has Many Walls, which was published in the late 1970s.
Raymonda Tawil is considered a moderate nationalist and has repeatedly come under pressure from the Israeli authorities for her work. Their daughter Suha was the wife of Yasser Arafat.
Due to her personal efforts at independence, and political activity she has the nickname "the lioness of Nablus." In 1978, Raymonda Hawa Tawil opened a Palestinian news agency in Jerusalem that published the newspaper Al Awda (the return). In her political engagement and professional activity as a Palestinian journalist, she fights for the freedom of Palestinians and promotes the emancipation of Arab women. Due to her activities as a journalist, the Israeli police imprisoned her for several months. She was under house arrest, but was also taken into custody several times. The intervention of Jean Paul Sartre and Nahm Goldmann, the president of the Zionist World Congress, led to her release. She used this experience to write her book My Prison Has Many Walls that was published in the late seventies.
Tawil is considered a moderate nationalist and has been pressured by the Israel authorities for her work. Her daughter Suda was also Yassir Arafats wife. Raymonda Tawil won the Bruno Kreisky award for her advocacy of dialogue and reconciliation between the two peoples.
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