Grace El-Yateem is an Arab American Lutheran born in Palestine. She is a nurse by profession, mother of four and wife of Khader El-Yateem, executive director for the Service and Justice unit. She has served on the executive board of the Association of Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern Heritage. She has also served on the board of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (now Global Refuge) and the the former ELCA Commission for Multicultural Ministries. She is passionate about justice and peace in Palestine as well as here in the United States.