Zeina Zaatiri

Zeina Zaatari, born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, earned her PhD in Cultural Anthropology with an emphasis in Feminist Theory from the University of California at Davis. Zeina conducted fieldwork with women’s groups and women activists in South Lebanon detailing their life histories and the ways they negotiated their work in civil society of a post-war country. Currently, Zeina works as a Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa at the Global Fund for Women. Prior to joining the Global Fund for Women, she had been teaching courses on women of the Arab and Muslim worlds, on gender and sexuality as well as religion and society. Zeina is a founding member of the Radical Arab Women’s Activist Network and the National Council of Arab Americans.