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About me

Gender	Female
Occupation	News Editor and Political Analyst
Location	Be'ersheva, Israel
Introduction	I completed my undergraduate at the University of Maryland with a degree in Government and Politics, with minors in Middle Eastern Studies and Jewish Studies. I have a masters degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Ben-Gurion University. I am also currently working as a news editor and political analyst.
Interests	I love studying history and political science, advocating for Israel, writing, reading, debating, doing Israeli folk dancing and zumba dancing, swimming, taking long walks by the Mediterranean Sea, traveling around the world, watching foreign films and intense political thrillers, following the news, listening to loud Middle Eastern music, talking a lot, and hanging around with internationals.
Favorite Movies	Mission Kashmir, The Terrorist, Monsoon Wedding, Entebbe Rescue, Time of Favor, Hannah's War, The Uprising, Ushpizin, Broken Wings, Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi, Two Women, Osama, Real Women Have Curves, In the Time of the Butterflies, Bon Voyage, The Adventures of Felix, Chaos, Harem, Turkish Bath, Babam ve Oglum, Turtles Can fly, Film Star, Blood Diamond, Live and Become, A Mighty Heart, Casablan, Salach Shabatei, Persepolis, Exodus, the Band's Visit, Bride And Prejudice, Gabbeh, The Hidden Half, The Hebrew Hammer, Ever After, Casablanca, Fiddler On The Roof, Cleopatra, Hotel Rwanda, The Killing Fields, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Avatar, Arabesque, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Dick, Pirates of the Carribean.
Favorite Music	Sarit Hadad, Subliminal, Ofra Haza, Hadag Nachash, Zahava Ben, Eyal Golan, Yasmin Levy, Ethnix, Shlomi Shabat, Yair Orbach, Ishtar, Tarkan, Mansour, and any thing that is played in a decent night club.
Favorite Books	Exodus by Leon Uris, My Life by Golda Meir, Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks, Stolen Lives by Malinka Oufkir, Inside the Kingdom by Carmen bin Laden, The New Anti-Semitism by Phyllis Chesler, Journey to the Land of No by Roya Hakakian, Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley, Defending Identity by Nathan Sharansky, Night by Elie Weisel, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Diary of David Sierakowiak, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ by Hooman Majd, Now they call me infidel by Nonie Darwish, Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat, Jerusalem Besieged by Eric Cline, Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef, The Path to Paradise by Anat Berko, Mayada: Daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana by Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Circle by Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughter's by Jean Sasson.