Maysoun Odeh Gangat

Maysoun Odeh is a Palestinian entrepreneur who schooled in Jerusalem, and then went on to attend University in Grenoble in France, completing her qualifications in Economics at the American University in Washington D.C. On her return to Palestine, she worked in the private sector, and then joined the newly established South African Embassy as the Advisor on Media & Trade. Here, she established a valuable network of contacts and enhanced bilateral relations between the two countries. In 2004, she worked as a Media Consultant to the South African group PRIMEDIA and then set-up and managed in 2005 the first-ever English Radio Station in the Region, 93.6 RAM FM with studios in Jerusalem and Ramallah .In August 2009 and with the partnership of the Swiss based Womanity Foundation headed by Swiss businessman Yann Borgstedt, Maysoun set up Nisaa Fm, the pioneering All-Women Radio Station in the Region, and today she heads the operation. Nisaa FM obtained few awards and fellowships since its inception. It includes Ashoka Fellowship, Synergos Fellowship, the Clinton Global Initiative Fellowship, the Palestinian Ministry of Women Affairs Recognition (2011 and 2014) and the Palestinian Ministry of Local Government Recognition (2014), the Palestinian Ministry of Youth & Sports,. Ms Odeh is the recipient of the Schwab Fellowship , the first Palestinian entrepreneur to obtain such an award.. NISAA FM has been a finalist in the Thomson Reuters Award in 2013 and NAWF in 2012 as well as the One World Media Award ( 2012). She is the recipient of President Mahmoud Abbas Award in 2016 ( the Cavalier of Palestine) .