Diana Abouali

Director, Arab American National Museum

Diana Abouali is the Director of the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn, Michigan. Her career has straddled higher education, cultural heritage, and museum work. She has held a number of positions including assistant professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures (now Middle Eastern Studies) at Dartmouth College; head of research and collections at the Palestinian Museum (Birzeit, Palestine), and director of education, outreach and awareness at the Petra National Trust (Amman, Jordan). She serves on several boards and committees including ArteEast (NYC), CultureSource (Detroit), the Citizens Advisory Committee at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and the general assembly of Taawon-Welfare Association (Palestine). Diana graduated from Wellesley College and received a Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.