The 7th Annual Justice for Women Lecture of the University of Maine
School of Law took place at the Abromson Community Education Center in
Portland, Maine on March 29, 2018. Mariam Jalabi, Director of the
Syrian National Coalition’s Office at the United Nations in New York,
delivered a lecture titled "The Struggle for Human Rights: From Syria to
Maine".
Born in Damascus, Syria and raised in the Golan Heights, Ms. Jalabi ran a
fashion company until the Syrian Civil War began in 2011. She has been
actively involved in democratic advocacy since the war began and is a
passionate advocate for women’s inclusion in the Syrian peace process.
Along with directing the Syrian National Coalition’s New York office to
the UN since 2013, she is a founding member of the Syrian Non-Violence
Movement, a member of the Syrian Opposition High Negotiation Committee’s
Women’s Advisory Committee, and works with the Syrian Women’s Network
and the Syrian Feminist Lobby. She holds degrees from McGill University
and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
