The Hamas Govt of the Gaza Strip has for the first time appointed a woman to represent it to the world.
The hiring of Isra Almodallalas a spokeswoman for the territory's conservative Islamist rulers is part of a long-running push by the group, which has at times sought to curb women's freedoms, to present a newer friendlier face both to its own citizens and internationally.
Isra Almodallal, a 23-year-old who speaks fluent British-accented English, has assumed a post normally held by tough-talking men who voice Hamas' bitter opposition to Israel. She will be responsible for the Gaza government's communications with the international media
Isra Almodallal was raised in Gaza and spent five years in Britain as a teenager, studying at Grange Technology College, a high school in Bradford in the U.K. Upon returning to Gaza, she studied journalism at the Islamic University, and worked as a TV reporter for a local station and an English-language satellite channel
Isra Almodallal, a divorced mother of a four-year-old girl, does not have her roots in the Hamas movement.
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