Amal Hamad

Amal Tawfiq Abdel Hadi Nashwan Hamad, born on July 12, 1963, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, is a Palestinian politician and feminist associated with the Fatah movement. As of 2019 she serves as the Palestinian Minister of Women's Affairs in the Shtayyeh Government.

In her early years, Hamad received her education in Beit Hanoun and later pursued higher studies at Birzeit University, earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a diploma in education. She furthered her education with diplomas in teaching methods and educational psychology from Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. Later, she completed a master's degree in social psychology at Ain Shams University in Egypt and a doctorate in educational psychology from the same university in 2015.

Throughout her political career, Hamad has held significant roles, including being a member of the Fatah Central Committee and serving as the Responsible Minister for the General Union of Palestinian Women in Gaza since 2007. She was elected to the Fatah Revolutionary Council in 2009 and has been actively involved in various Palestinian political bodies. In 2019, she assumed the position of Minister of Palestinian Women's Affairs in the Shtayyeh Government, taking the oath before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.