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Houda Naim al-Qrenawi<br />

Hoda Naeem al-Krenawi, Houda Na’im al-<br />

Qrenawy, Huda Naeem al-Qrenawee,<br />

Huda Naim al-Krenawee, Houda Naeem<br />

al-Kreenawy<br />

Member of Parliament –<br />

National List<br />

#7 on Change and Re<strong>for</strong>m list<br />

Biographical In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

• Born 1969 in the Brejj camp<br />

• From Gaza<br />

• Married with four children<br />

Personal History<br />

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies<br />

• Activist in the Muslim women movement<br />

• Working with al-Islah Society providing service<br />

Notable Quotations<br />

"As a woman and an MP, there are areas I want to concentrate on but that does not mean we<br />

have <strong>for</strong>gotten our struggle <strong>for</strong> our homeland, and preparing our children to die when the<br />

homeland calls <strong>for</strong> it."<br />

--<strong>The</strong> Guardian, February 2006<br />

"We need to make men aware of the real importance of women. Women didn't come into life only<br />

to be man's servant."<br />

--Gulf Daily News, February 2006<br />

"I will be so glad if we establish Islamic culture in our country but we'll never impose the hijab or<br />

make men wear beards."<br />

--Agence France-Presse, February 2006<br />

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