Women In Charge In West Bank’s Key District (ap)

In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, Leila Ghanem, governor of Ramallah, talks in her office in Ramallah with a portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the wall. At age 35, Leila Ghanem is the first woman to become a Palestinian governor, the latest in a group of trailblazing women leaders who are slowly winning acceptance this traditional society. Ghanem, a former intelligence agent, joins a cluster of women in senior positions in the West Bank district of Ramallah, a political and economic hub known for its relatively liberal social attitudes, where she was appointed governor earlier this year. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP – RAMALLAH, West Bank — At 35, Leila Ghanem is the first woman to become a Palestinian governor, the latest in a group of trailblazing women leaders who are slowly winning acceptance in this traditional society.

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