Olfat Mahmoud
Dr. Olfat Mahmoud is a Palestinian refugee, born in Lebanon, whose life mission is to fulfill the dream of her parents and grandparents to return to their hometown, Tarshiha, in Palestine. Olfar started her career as a nurse with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. A turning point in her life was triggered by a community nursing course in Australia (1984-1985) - having seen enough of war and its atrocities, Olfat decided to return to academia. She joined the Faculty of Human Sciences at Beirut Arab University, where she eventually completed a PhD in Positive Psychology and Personality (2016).
Olfat is an instructor at Beirut Arab University and the General Director of the Palestinian NGO ‘Women’s Humanitarian Organization’. Olfat has also published a number of academic studies and works as an activist for Palestinian and women’s rights. In 2015, she was selected to represent Palestinian refugees in Lebanon at the UN celebration of the foundation of UNRWA in New York. Tears for Tarshiha is her first step on the road to return to Tarshiha.
