Ms. Mishka Mojabber Mourani is an educator and writer. She served as Senior Vice President of International College of Beirut. She was a member of PDAC [Professional Development Advisory Committee], Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools (NESA) and a board member of the NGO Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action (CRTD-A).
Ms. Mojabber Mourani holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and a diploma in Educational Administration and Supervision from the American University of Beirut.
She is a member of the Higher Commission for Curriculum Development overseeing the curriculum reform project undertaken by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and the National Center for Educational Research and Development. She serves on a number of boards and international committees and has been active in gender awareness and leadership training through the activities of the CRTD, and its link with the Women’s Learning Partnership in Washington DC.
Ms Mojabber Mourani has taught at AUB and LAU, and has authored a number of articles on the teaching of Arabic, curriculum reform, teacher training, and collaborations between the private and public sector that have appeared in The Guardian and the Daily Star. She has presented papers at conferences organized by Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia Teachers’ College, the Alliance for International Education in Dusseldorf, the Lebanese American University, UNESCO Lebanon and UNICEF.
Ms Mojabber Mourani edited and co-authored a series of books on the teaching of English, and has published BALCONIES: A MEDITERRANEAN MEMOIR and ALONE, TOGETHER, a bilingual book of poems with Aida Haddad. She has a number of fiction and non-fiction pieces in English and in French, appearing in collections including Hikayat: Short Stories by Lebanese Women; Lebanon Through Writers’ Eyes; and Exquisite Corpse, as well as the journals Studio Voice, Arabic Literature in English, Slag Glass City, Sukoon Magazine, and Rowayat. Since 2020 her work has appeared in Fruits Confits: Journal de confinement ; Beyrouth à coeur ouvert; Sursauts d’une nation; Plumes à vin & Le Liban 18 communautés et bien davantage.
Ms. Mojabber Mourani is the recipient of the Palmes Académiques Medal from the French Government rank of Chevalier.
