Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was born in 1960 in Haifa

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was born in 1960 in Haifa to an Arab Christian family. Her father, Jamil Shalhoub, served on the Haifa city council, and a street in the city bears his name.

She earned a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy from the University of Haifa in 1980 and one in social work from the Hebrew University in 1982. At the Hebrew University she completed a master's in criminology in 1989 and a doctorate in law in 1994, writing on battered women in Palestinian society in East Jerusalem. She did postdoctoral work at the University of Southern California.

She taught social work and criminology at the Hebrew University and became a full professor in 2018. Her research deals with gender violence, femicide, surveillance, state crimes and trauma under occupation. In 2008 she received the Gruber Prize for Women's Rights for her work against honor killings in Palestinian society.

In March 2024 the Hebrew University suspended her after she accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and questioned reports of sexual violence by Hamas on October 7. The suspension was lifted after she walked back her remarks on the sexual assaults. In April 2024 she was arrested after an interview and released on bail the next day.

She left the Hebrew University in August 2024. Princeton University then named her a visiting scholar in anthropology for 2024-2025, and later a visiting professor in gender and sexuality studies for 2025-2026.