Rula Maayah
Rula Maayah | |
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| Minister of Tourism and Antiquities | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 1 April 2024 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Khouloud Daibes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 2, 1970 |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Party | Fatah |
| Alma mater | Birzeit University, Bethlehem University |
Rula Maayah is a Palestinian politician who served as the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities from 2012 to 2013, in the Salam Fayyad government, and from 2013 to 2019, in the government of Rami Hamdallah and again from 2019 to 2024, in the Shtayyeh government.[1]
Biography
Maayah is a member of the Fatah political party and has also served in other Palestinian government ministries such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Justice. She currently resides in Ramallah and Bethlehem and is a member of The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine.[2][3]
While Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Maayah criticised a 2013 exhibition at the Israel Museum displaying artefacts removed from the Herodium in the West Bank for display without consultation.[4] During the 2014 Gaza War, Maayah encouraged the international community to condemn the damage to heritage sites caused by the war.[5]
Maayah characterised the destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as undermining Palestinian identity.[6]
References
- ^ "Rula Maayah (Minister of Tourism) – Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations". 20 March 2018.
- ^ "State of Palestine - Council of Ministers".
- ^ "رولا معايعة: وزيرة السياحة والآثار".
- ^ Knell, Yolande (2013-02-14). "Modern politics overshadows Israel's historic Herod exhibit". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities conducts a Preliminary Assessment of The Intentional Destruction of Palestinian Cultural Heritage in Gaza, Embassy of the State of Palestine: The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 14 August 2014, retrieved 14 April 2025
- ^ "Israeli destruction of Gaza's archeological sites 'unprecedented', says Minister of Tourism". Wafa. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2025-03-17.