Rana Dajani

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Dr Rana Dajani is a molecular cell biologist with a PhD and a Radcliffe Fellowship from Harvard University. She is a Fulbright Scholar and an Eisenhower Fellow. Dr Dajani was a professor at Jordan's Hashemite University and a visiting professor at Yale and Cambridge, and the Director of Hashemite University's Study Centre. She established a network of support and counselling to help women and put together the first gender conference in the Arab world in 2017. In 2015, she was named the 12th most important Arab woman, and in 2022, she was awarded the Schwab Prize for Social Entrepreneurship. Dr Dajani's book Five Scarves was released in 2018.
Events for Rana Dajani
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Dr Rana Dajani: The Biology of Friendship
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Dr Rana Dajani: The Biology of Friendship

Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 09:30-10:15Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 727 
AED 60 - AED 75 
How do people interact with one another? And how does face-to-face interaction i... Read More
Film Screenings
The Neighbourhood Storyteller - Real Life Events: Bisan Salameh, Fairouz Taqi Adeen & Dr Rana Dajani
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The Neighbourhood Storyteller - Real Life Events: Bisan Salameh, Fairouz Taqi Adeen & Dr Rana Dajani

Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 11:30-13:00Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 42 
AED 25 
Join us for a screening of The Neighborhood Storyteller, a documentary based on ... Read More
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Write your Journey Today!: Masterclass with Dr Rana Dajani
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Write your Journey Today!: Masterclass with Dr Rana Dajani

Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: 4th Floor Meeting Room 11, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 125 
AED 200 
If you long to change your future, pursue your dreams, and write about your exp... Read More
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