Areej is a Palestinian Christian woman from Bethlehem and the founder of Khayari Women’s Leadership and Economic Empowerment Organization. In a September 2025 interview with Dwight Friesen, Professor of Practical Theology at 天美视频, Areej spoke about. Areej spoke about her experiences having been born and raised under occupation and what it meant to witness a genocide unfold in Gaza while struggling to keep hope alive in the West Bank.聽 Just months before the war began, Areej launched to create a space for young Palestinian women to lead, heal, and find direction in a world that often denies them the right to exist.