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'''Dima Tahboub''' (Arabic:ديمة طهبوب; born 1976, [[Hebron]]) is a writer, political analyst, member of [[Jordan]]'s [[Muslim Brotherhood]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/thecafe/2012/07/2012727144555821734.html |title=The king and the people! |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=2012-07-30 |accessdate=2014-10-06}}</ref> and media spokesperson of the Jordanian [[Islamic Action Front]] in English.<ref>[http://www.raialyoum.com/?p=160734 New Media spokesperson of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front in English](ar)</ref>

She won a seat in the [[2016 Jordanian general election]] and is currently serving as a [[Jordanian House of Representatives|Representative]].

==Background and education==
She was born in 1976; her father Tarek Tahboub is the former head of Jordan's Medical Association.<ref>[http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/145593/jordans-brotherhood-appoints-1st-spokeswoman Jordan's Brotherhood appoints 1st spokeswoman], world bulletin, 03 October 2014</ref> In 2000 she married Tareq Ayyoub, and in 2002 the couple had a daughter, Fatima.<ref name=Aljazeera>[http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/12/2011121085517490112.html Tareq Ayoub: a 'martyr to the truth'], 14 Dec 2011, Aljazeera</ref> Tareq, a reporter, died in an American missile attack that hit the [[Al Jazeera]] building in [[Baghdad]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perlez|first=Jane|date=2003-04-08|title=At Least 3 Journalists Die in Blast at Baghdad Hotel|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/08/international/worldspecial/at-least-3-journalists-die-in-blast-at-baghdad.html|access-date=2021-03-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Shadid|first=Anthony |title=Night draws near: Iraq's people in the shadow of America's war |date=2006 |publisher=Picador |isbn=0-312-42603-8 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=70586308}}</ref>

Her higher education is as follows:
* [[Doctorate|Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Manchester]] in [[England]].<ref name=Aljazeera/>
* [[Bachelor's degree]] in [[English studies|English]] from the [[University of Jordan]].
In March 2020 she offered live English lessons on her public Facebook page, given the temporary shutdown of schools resulting from the COVID outbreak.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ar:موقع خبرني : النائب طهبوب تتحول لمعلمة – فيديو |url=https://www.khaberni.com/news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%B7%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-338836 |access-date=2020-11-24 |script-website=ar:موقع خبرني |language=ar}}</ref>

==Writing==
She began publishing regularly with the ''[[Assabeel]]'' newspaper in Jordan, and has written more than 800 articles. Next she published in ''[[Al-Quds Al-Arabi]]'' and Islamtoday and Al-Jazeera Talk, and in Palestinian newspapers and many other media websites.

She writes about [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] as an essential part of her articles.

==Controversies==
In 2017, Tahboub lobbied for the banning of a Lebanese band, [[Mashrou' Leila]], from performing in [[Amman]] due to their calls for sexual freedoms. She also issued a complaint against the only online LGBTQ+ magazine in Jordan, [[My Kali]], and managed to push the Jordanian government to censor it. Tahboub also queried the Minister of Justice in 2017 if the Jordanian government tolerated homosexuality in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.royanews.tv/news/10991/2017-07-31|title=Jordanian MP engages in ongoing battle against LGBT+ community|work=Ro'ya News|accessdate=16 July 2018|date=31 July 2017}}</ref>

In a July 2017 interview on [[Deutsche Welle]]’s conflict zone, Tahboub praised a Jordanian soldier who was responsible for the 1997 [[Island of Peace massacre]] in which the soldier opened fire at a large group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing seven of them and injuring six others. The interviewer asked Tahboub, "You’re a mother. And you’re quite happy to have 13 and 14 year old girls, just because they are Israelis, killed? Unprotected children, killed?", to which she replied: "Because they are enemies, they are enemies." She also stated that "they mocked the Jordanian people, they mocked our religion", referring to the claims made by Daqamseh that the children had mocked him while praying. However, a military tribunal in 1997 had diagnosed Daqamseh of mental disease, and he was sentenced for 20 years with hard labor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/150951-170720-they-are-enemies-jordanian-mp-defends-1997-killing-of-israeli-schoolgirls|title='They are enemies': Jordanian MP defends 1997 killing of Israeli schoolgirls|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=16 July 2018|work=i24 news}}</ref>

In October 2017, Tahboub sued a secular Jordanian activist for defamation after he published an image of a person riding a horse carrying a sword in front of an [[ISIL]] flag.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Doja Daoud|date=|title=الأردن: نهاية الخلاف بين طهبوب وحياصات لا توقف الجدل|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B7%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%84|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-24|website=alaraby.co.uk/|language=ar}}</ref> The activist placed Tahboub's face on that person's face, attempting to criticize her for supporting an incident in which a police officer, acting without orders, harassed students in a restaurant that was open for eating before sunset during the month of [[Ramadan]]. The activist was arrested and was only released after his family asked Tahboub for clemency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jordantimes.com/news/local/islamist-mp-drops-slander-charges-over-daesh-horse-riding-picture%E2%80%99|title=Islamist MP drops slander charges over 'Daesh horse riding picture'|work=The Jordan Times|accessdate=16 July 2018|date=1 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-28|title=اعتقال أردني نشر صورة ساخرة لبرلمانية يثير جدلا.. بماذا شبهها؟|url=https://arabi21.com/story/1037570/اعتقال-أردني-نشر-صورة-ساخرة-لبرلمانية-يثير-جدلا-بماذا-شبهها|access-date=2020-11-24|website=عربي21|language=ar}}</ref>

In November 2018, a conference by a faith research center in Jordan was banned because it had a workshop on "People's History of God’s Birth". The conference faced a backlash by some who considered it to be an attack and insult on Islam. The incitement was reportedly started by Tahboub after she intervened in support of banning the conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/loop/head-%E2%80%98believers-without-borders%E2%80%99-kidnapped-jordan-after-%E2%80%98insulting-islam%E2%80%99-1211862|title=Head of 'Believers Without Borders' Kidnapped in Jordan After 'Insulting Islam'|work=Albawaba|accessdate=11 November 2018|date=11 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/organisers-banned-conference-%E2%80%98will-sue%E2%80%99-those-threatening-them-online|title=Organisers of banned conference 'will sue' those threatening them online|work=The Jordan Times|accessdate=12 November 2018|date=31 October 2018}}</ref> Tahboub again filed a defamation lawsuit against a number of Jordanian activists criticizing her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alqalahnews.net/more-201644-36-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82-..-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B7%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%AD-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF|title=Dima Tahboub files complaints for defamation|language=Arabic|date=17 November 2018|accessdate=22 November 2018}}</ref>

== External links ==
* {{Twitter | DTABOUB}}

==References==
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