Felice Friedson 03/05/2021
Dr. Areej Khatib grew up in Nablus in the northern West Bank, and earned her medical degree from the Jordan University of Science and Technology. She also earned a specialty certificate in pathology from the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Khatib worked as the head of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in east Jerusalem. She serves as an assistant professor at Bethlehem University, where she also directs the research of master’s students. Khatib is currently completing a master’s degree in international management in health leadership. She is the married mother of twins, and she writes Arabic poetry.