Amal Elsana Alh'jooj

Amal Elsana Alh'jooj (born 1972) is a Bedouin Palestinian feminist, peace activist, and community organizer known for her grassroots work promoting universal access to rights and social justice in the Global South. She is an Arab citizen of Israel currently living in Canada.

She has organized movements and civil society projects around the issues of minority rights in Israel, particularly for women and indigenous peoples. She has a BA in Social Work from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, an MA in Community Organizing, and a PhD in Social Work from McGill University's School of Social Work. She has also conducted postdoctoral research at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and served as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University. She is currently based in Montreal, where she is an Associate Professor at McGill University's School of Social Work and works as the Executive Director of PLEDJ (Promoting Leadership for Empowerment, Development and Justice).