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Mona Jamal Skeik was born in Gaza City on February 28, 1975. She is married and has four children. She studied primary school at Mustafa Hafez Girls' School and secondary school at Ahmed Shawqi Girls' Secondary School, from which she obtained her high school diploma in the science stream in 1992. She earned a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from the Islamic University of Gaza in 2000, a master's degree in the same specialization from the same university in 2014, a diploma in diplomacy from the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2014, and a diploma in women's studies from the Ministry of Women's Affairs in 2015. She then enrolled at Omdurman University in Sudan to pursue a doctorate in strategic urban planning. She worked as Head of the Projects Department in the Gaza Governorate between (2003-2007), Director of the Projects Department in the Ministry of Education between (2007-2009), Deputy Director General of Projects in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education between (2009-2011), Deputy Director General of Impact, Communication and Media in the Ministry of Women’s Affairs between (2011-2013), and was appointed to the position of Director General of Impact, Communication and Media in the Ministry of Women’s Affairs between (2013-2019), and to the position of Director General of Urban Planning in the Ministry of Public Works between (2019-2021), and to the position of Director General of Institutional Planning and Development in the Ministry of Local Government in 2022.
She supported Hamas during her university studies in the 1990s, and began working with the movement since 2008. She was a member of a local administrative body affiliated with Hamas between (2013-2017), and held several positions in the women’s sector affiliated with Hamas, including: responsibility for the political file in the western Gaza region between (2017-2021), and responsibility for the oversight file in the western Gaza region since 2021. She ran for membership in the municipal council of Gaza City in 2016, and was a candidate on the “Jerusalem is Our Rendezvous” list affiliated with Hamas for the legislative elections that were scheduled to be held in May 2021.
She was active at both the union and institutional levels; She served on the board of directors of the Engineers Syndicate, representing the Islamic Bloc, for two consecutive terms (2007-2016), and was the representative of female engineers in the Federation of Arab Engineers. She was also a board member of the Jerusalem International Foundation, a member of the Global Women's Coalition for the Support of Jerusalem and Palestine, and a member of the Reconstruction Authority's "Women for Reconstruction Committee" since 2008. She served on the board of directors of Al-Jazeera Club for two consecutive terms (2008-2014), and was the media spokesperson for the Global Campaign to Break the Siege (2010-2021). She was a board member of the Ibdaa Foundation for two consecutive terms (2013-2021). She participates in numerous seminars related to human development, Jerusalemite women, and women's empowerment within Palestine. She has also participated in conferences outside Palestine, such as the First Arab Women Engineers Conference in Jordan in 2010, the Second Arab Women Engineers Forum in Lebanon in 2012, and the Pioneers Forum Conference in Istanbul. 2014.
Skeik received several awards, such as the Al-Mashal Foundation Award (Ministry of Culture) in January 2000, the Distinguished Woman Award on International Women’s Day, and the Creative Woman Award in the field of trade union work from the Creative Woman Association for the year 2016.
It rejects the Oslo Accords and all settlement paths, and affirms that the occupation only understands the language of force, and that the Palestinian people have the right to resist by all legitimate means and in all forms until the occupation ends. It believes that internal national relations in the Gaza Strip are excellent, and there is a joint chamber in which unified national decisions and strategies are agreed upon to serve the Palestinian people. As for the relationship between the Hamas and Fatah movements, it is bad due to the difference in their paths and political convictions. It affirms that the occupation is the only beneficiary of the division, and that the Hamas movement tried to fix things, as evidenced by its seriousness regarding the elections that were canceled.
She believes that the relationship between the Authority and the PLO is fragile, there is a lack of vision, and dictatorship in decision-making. The PLO has been emptied of its original purpose, and the Authority has become a tool in the hands of the occupation. She believes that the path of resistance is fundamental, and diplomatic paths can only be used as complementary means. She also believes that “Israel” is doomed to disappear, and that the certainty of its disappearance stems from an ideological principle and faith in God Almighty, which drives the resistance forces to continuously accumulate power until the complete liberation of Palestine is achieved. She believes that the Arab situation has a negative impact on the Palestinian cause, and that the existing Arab regimes are nothing but remnants of colonialism. She affirms that the right of refugees to return to their homes from which they were displaced does not expire with time, and that all solutions have proven ineffective and that “Israel” is not truthful. Therefore, the only solution is to defeat the occupation and return them to the lands from which they were displaced.
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