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Leila Ghannam, former Palestinian intelligence officer, is first woman appointed to govern Ramallah

8 February 2010

Times of London, 7 Feb 10: A FORMER Palestinian intelligence officer has become the first woman to be appointed governor of Ramallah, the unofficial capital of the West Bank, by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas as part of a crackdown on Hamas, the hardline Islamist faction.
Leila Ghannam, 35, who has a doctorate in psychology but rose [...]

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