Nadia Habash

Nadia Habash is a Palestinian architect and head of the , the first female leader of the syndicate. She is also an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Birzeit University.

Biography Nadia Habash was born in Jerusalem in 1959. She began work as a professor of architecture at Birzeit University in August 2005, where she was one of the founders of the Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. but returned to Birzeit in 2002. Habash was also formerly on the Ramallah municipal council.

Habash's work focuses on the restoration and revitalization of cultural heritage. She received a UNESCO grant to restore the mosaic of Hisham's Palace and its gardens between 2006 and 2010. Among other projects, Habash designed Birzeit University's Samir Owaida Building, housing the School of Arts, Music and Design. She headed the “Determination List” in the polls, endorsed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Hamas. In 1988 she was banned from leaving the West Bank by Israel due to her political activism; after appealing to the Supreme Court of Israel, the ban was lifted in 2017. In 2022 she led the PEA in protest against the Palestinian Authority demanding financial rights for civil engineers.