Rana husseini biography

Biography

As a Jordanian woman who is the author of “Years of Struggle – The Women’s Movement in Jordan (2021) and “Murder in the Name of Honour (2009)”, a human rights activist and senior journalist writing for The Jordan Times, Husseini focused on social issues for over 25 years with a special emphasis on violence against women, as well as the brutal crimes that are committed against Jordanian women in the name of family honor.

Her coverage of and dedication to ending this unjustified practice against women helped raise national awareness on a topic that is traditionally considered taboo.

The government responded by introducing legal and judicial changes that suggest tougher punishments for perpetrators of such crimes as well as introducing new services to help abused women.

In September 2021, Husseini published a book that documented the activism work of women in Jordan since the 1940s.

The book, Years of Struggle – The Women’s Movement in Jordan, explored the tactics the wo