Lama Abu-Odeh (Arabic: لمى أبو عودة) is a Palestinian-American professor and author, who teaches at the Georgetown University Law Center. She has written extensively on Islamic law, feminism, and family law.
Abu-Odeh was born in Amman, Jordan in 1962. She is the daughter of Adnan Abu-Odeh, a former senator in the Jordanian House of Parliament and ambassador. She earned her LL.B. from the University of Jordan, her LL.M. from the University of Bristol, England, her MA from the University of York, England, and her S.J.D. from Harvard University.
She has taught at Stanford Law School and worked for the World Bank's Middle East/North Africa division. She currently teaches at Georgetown University Law Center.
Abu-Odeh has also written on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and has voiced support for a bi-national solution, or the creation of one state in Israel/Palestine.
Famous quotes containing the word lama:
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
—Bible: New Testament Matthew, 27:46.
The words of Jesus were anticipated in Psalms 22:1.