6 Influential Palestinian Women You should Know

Palestinian women are not only resilient and warriors, many of them are also breaking the glass ceiling and bringing the spirit of Palestine to the world with all their great achievements. While some are leading in the fashion and beauty industry, others are defending the rights of the oppressed, or bringing the best of the Palestinian culture (music and food) to your feeds.

Meet 6 Palestinian influential women who will teach you a lot. 

Nadia Tayeh

We can say she’s a backstage boss makeup artist. The 34 year old woman is originally from Palestine, and after her graduation, she went straight to working backstage at New York Fashion Week, and Bella Hadid is among the muses she worked with. She nails combining elements of her Palestinian roots and culture with her American identity in one makeup look, highlighting the features of the faces she works on with her talent. 

Marwa Biltagi

Marwa Biltagi is a Palestinian-Irish style blogger who is based between New York and Los Angeles. The successful young woman is a modest fashion queen and her wardrobe is a real proof of that. Scrolling through her Instagram account, we felt the Arab vibe combined with an American twist: she loves bold textures, feminine and fun details and miniatures bags. She launched her digital media lifestyle magazine Mademoiselle Meme, featuring her travels and tastes in fashion, food, arts.  

Basma Hamze

Danish Palestinian influencer Basma Hamze is a licensed social worker at Københavns Kommune, aka the Municipality of Copenhagen and among the top style and beauty bloggers. To her 223 K followers, she shares pictures of her family and her style. Stunning, feminine, trendy and elegant, is Basma’s style and by scrolling through her Instagram, you’ll learn the art of casual chic at its best.  

Clarissa Bitar

Palestinian women have proven themselves in each and every field, and music is among their interest. Clarissa Bitar, a Palestinian oud musician and composer is definitely a successful and powerful Palestinian woman. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Music and an emphasis in Ethnomusicology and won multiple awards for excellence in performance in Ethnomusicology. The young woman turned her classic oud style into collaborations with musicians of different genres, including Massari, Omar Offendum and more.

When she’s not working on new music, she travels the United States (and abroad) to perform and teach oud, triggered by the idea of teaching the new generation the Arab music. 

Tahanie Aboushi

Born into a Palestinian immigrant family, Tahanie Aboushi values hard work and knows well how a system can be hurtful sometimes. From her conviction that justice isn’t for everyone, she dedicated her life and career to fight for justice and end discrimination. Currently a Civil Rights Attorney, she’s now running for Manhattan District Attorney. The successful woman who is one of New York’s most outspoken and highly regarded progressive attorneys for many years, has been fearlessly fighting against racism, discrimination, bullying. She has long been a fighter in the “Black lives matter” scene and stood up for rape victims. 

Lama Bazzari

Lama Bazzari is a Palestinian young entrepreneur and philanthropist who was ranked 25th on Forbes Magazine’s 200 Most Powerful Arab Women in Family business Awards. She’s the founder and CEO of NStyleInternational: the parent company that owns NStyleNail Lounge, Urban Male Lounge & NStyle Nail Care. 

Bazzari is among the Palestinian women who do their best to bring the Palestinian vibes into everything. She’s the co-founder of Craving Palestine, where she shares stories of Palestine and century-old recipes from her hometown.