--- description: Dudum is a Palestinian-Syrian-American writer currently working on a memoir about living in the diaspora as a Palestinian in America. She is a graduate of Columbia University title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Elena Dudum ## Elena Dudum Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dudum is a Palestinian-Syrian-American writer currently working on a memoir about living in the diaspora as a Palestinian in America. She is a graduate of Columbia University ## Elena Dudum Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 16, 2024 ### [Palestine and the Power of Language](https://time.com/6695499/palestine-power-of-language-essay/) 'Grammar has the power to become a tool of the oppressor, with the passive voice the most relied-upo... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/elena-dudum/","name":"Elena Dudum"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/elena-dudum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/elena-dudum/"},"name":"Elena Dudum","jobTitle":null,"description":"Dudum is a Palestinian-Syrian-American writer currently working on a memoir about living in the diaspora as a Palestinian in America. She is a graduate of Columbia University","url":"https://time.com/author/elena-dudum/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```