Deborah Kanafani

Deborah Kanafani is the former wife of Yassier Arafat's senior advisor and spokesman. She has been Director of International Productions for the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, where she wrote and produced programs on children’s and women’s rights for the UNDP, UNICEF, and various European countries. While in the Middle East she ran conflict resolution programs between Palestinians and Israelis. She was Executive Director of Women in Film and Video in Washington, DC, and a consultant for Oxygen Media. She began her work in media affairs when she did her masters thesis on "The portrayal of the Middle East conflict in high school history textbooks and its impact on stereotyping. " She is the author of "Unveiled" How an American Woman Found Her way Through Politics, Love and Obedience in the Middle East".

She currently lives in New York and Los Angeles, where she is producing a film on the life of Queen Dina and writing a children's series that introduces children to various periods of art.