Born in Jerusalem in 1935, Nahil Adel Aweidah graduated from the Syrian University with a BA in English language and  a teaching diploma. She taught secondary classes in English at the government secondary schools for girls in Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Jerusalem, Aqaba, Damascus, and Beirut. After earning a master’s degree from the American University of Beirut, she taught English at AUB and the British Council Institute in Beirut. She currently lives in Jordan and Damascus. She is a researcher and author involved in writing articles and books on the Palestinian problem and the history of Jerusalem. She can be reached at nahilaweidah@gmail.com.