List of Palestinians

List of Palestinians

The following is a list of prominent Palestinians.

Academic figures

* Rami Abuhabsah, Biologist
* Nadia Abu El Haj, anthropologist
* Sami Hadawi, land specialist and researcher
* Ibrahim Abu Lughod, sociologist
* Salman Abu Sitta
* Naseer Aruri, academic
* Kamil J. Asali, Historian
* Abdul Karim Ayyoub, educator, linguist & poet.
* Sameer Ayyoub, academic, Ph.D., MSc. Eng.
* Kiran Banerjee, philosopher and scientist
* Hanna Batatu, historian
* Hanna Dahoud Saah, well-known attorney from Ramallah (died in Washington, DC in 2002)
* Samih Farsoun, sociologist
* Ismail al-Faruqi, philosopher and comparative religions professor
* Leila Farsakh, Middle East, politics
* Mujid S. Kazimi, nuclear physicist
* Rashid Khalidi, historian
* Walid Khalidi, historian
* Hanania Michael Hanania,Supreme Court Judge
* Salem Hanna Khamis, economic statistician
* Marwan Kishek, Ph.D.,P.E., P.Eng., Structural Engineering
* Rami Kishek, Ph.D., scientist
* Khaled Mardam-Bey, programmer
* Nur Masalha, academic, historian, editor
* Joseph Massad, academic
* al-Muqaddasi, medieval geographer
* Bashar Nuseibeh, academic, computer scientists
* Sari Nusseibeh, philosopher, diplomat
* Mazin Qumsiyeh, geneticist
* Mohieldin Quttainah, academic
* Mohamed Rabie, academic
* John Adib Saah, Aerospace Engineer (NASA and USAF)
* Edward Said, Professor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist
* Rosemarie Said Zahlan, historian
* Ahmed Saidan, mathmetician
* Elias Sanbar, historian
* Anis Sayigh, historian
* Yezid Sayigh, historian
* Yusif Sayigh, economist
* Hisham Sharabi, intellectual
* Qustandi Shomali, Professor, Historian, Critic, Researcher
* Ahmad Teebi, geneticist and dysmorphologist
* Moeen Zahdan, Accountancy
* Walter Gomes, Economics

Cultural figures

Writers

* Ali Abunimah, author, journalist
* Said K. Aburish, author, journalist
* Siham Ardah, Poet and writer
* Ridyan Ayyad, logic journalist, ethics author

* Moen Besiso, poet
* Mourid Barghouti, poet
* Khalil Beidas, author
* Razanne Carmey, playwright
* Mahmoud Darwish, poet

* Emile Habibi, author
* Suheir Hammad, poet
* Nathalie Handal, poet, editor
* Nadia Hijab, author, journalist
* Sabri Jiryis, author

* Remi Kanazi, poet
* Ghassan Kanafani, author
* Hasan Karmi, linguist and author
* Ghada Karmi, author
* Widad Kawar, author and collector
* Sahar Khalifa, novelist
* Daoud Kuttab, journalist,author

* Taha Muhammad Ali, poet
* Nur Masalha, author, editor
* Kamal Nasser, poet, activist
* Mohammed Omer, journalist
* Samih al-Qasim, poet
* Abu Salma, poet
* Raji Sahyoun, broadcaster, writer
* Khalil al-Sakakini, author
* Abu Salma, poet
* Azeez Shaheen, author
* Naomi Shihab Nye, poet (Palestinian father)
* Nadia Shabana, academic
* Serene Husseini Shahid - author, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumes

* Fadwa Toukan, poet
* Ibrahim Touqan, poet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq
* Samir El Youssef, writer and critic

* Tawfiq Ziad, poet
* May Ziade, author

Stage and screen

* Hany Abu-Assad, film director
* Sasha Abunnadi, pageant
* Fouad Awad, prominent theatre director
* Hassan Awayti, actor (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Ashtar and many others...)

* Muhammad Bakri, film director
* Hazim Bitar, film director
* Razanne Carmey, playwright, theatre director
* Jamal Dajani, television producer
* Hanna Elias, film director ("The Olive Harvest")
* Maryse Gargour, film director

* Azza Hasan, film director
* Nizar Hasan, film director
* Rami Hanna, actor (Altaghreba Alfalasinia, Ahlam Kabira)

* Annemarie Jacir, film director, writer
* Emily Jacir, film director
* Aron Kader, comedian
* Michel Khleifi, film director ("Wedding in Galilee")

* Rashid Masharawi, film director
* Mahmoud Al-Massad, film director
* Mai Masri, film director
* Riad Masarweh, playwriter, theatre director
* Atallah Mansour, Journalist and writer who wrote political and historical books in Arabic,Hebrew and English
* Izidore Musallam, film director
* Hanna Musleh, film director

* Najawa Najjar, film director
* Rosalind Nashashibi, film director

* Omar Al-Qattan, film director
* Ammar Quttaineh, film director

* Nadine Salameh, actress ("Ru’aa Halima" or "Vision of a Dreamer")
* Jacqueline Salloum, film director
* Leila Sansour, film director
* Isma’il Shamout, painter
* Elia Suleiman, film director ("Divine Intervention")

* Nisreen Tafesh, actress (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Rabiye Qortoba)

* Tawfik Abu Wael, film director ("Atash")

* Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, film director
* Fu’ad Zentut, film director
* Osama Al-Zain, film director

Musicians

* Abdelmonim Amayri, actor
* Ibrahim Azzam, singer
* Mona Azzam, singer/songwriter
* Jawad Al-Neel, singer
* Riad Bandak, composer,
* Rim Banna, singer/songwriter
* El-Funoun, dance company

* Faisal Abu Ghaben, Musician
* Ammar Hasan, singer

* Mohammad Jamal, singer
* Samir Joubran, oud player
* Khaled Jubran, Composer, Buzuq and Oud player خالد جبران
* Kamilya Jubran, singer and oud player

* Shafiq Kabha, singer,
* Reem Kelani, singer
* Ismail Khader, singer
* Ibrahim Khalifeh, singer and composer

* Ahmad Madaneyyah, singer
* Sabri Mahmoud, singer
* Basem Mohamad, 18th century musician
* Amal Murkus, singer

* Ribhi Rabah, singer
* Salim Sahab, orchestra conductor and composer
* Adel Salameh, oud player, composer
* Rawhi Shaheen, composer
* Simon Shaheen, oud virtuoso, composer
* Tariq Shadid, singer/songwriter, composer
* Adnan Shehab, singer

* Habib Hassan Touma, composer
* Mohammad Wahib, singer
* Ahmed EL-khatib, actor

Visual artists

* Naji al-Ali, cartoonist
* Waleed Ayyoub, plastic & portrait painter and interior design engineer
* Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan, artist
* Imad Hajjaj, cartoonist
* Mustafa Al-Hallaj, artist
* Mona Hatoum, sculptor
* Hasan Hourani, painter
* Hanna Jubran,sculptor
* Omayya Joha, cartoonist
* Khalil Rabah, artist
* Hanna Safieh, photographer
* Sama Raena Alshaibi, photographer, artist
* Ahlam Shibli, photographer
* Vera Tamari, ceramic artist
* Jafar Tukan, architect
* Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
* Hisham Zreiq, artistSteve Sabella http://www.jerusalem-in-exile.net Photographer, Artist

Alternative contemporary artists

* Silverdegree, Palestinian Christian hip-hop group [http://www.silverdegree.com/]
* DAM, Palestinian hip-hop group [http://www.dam3rap.com/]
* Fredwreck, Palestinian-American West Coast rap producer
* DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American hip-hop DJ
* Sameh Zakout, hip-hop artist
* Tamer Nafar, hip hop artist
* Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, St. Louis Based Grammy Nominated Hip Hop Producer, Co-founder of Basement Beats, and Produced hits for Nelly and the St. Lunatics.
* Niz-r, rapper
* Jaffa Phonix, Band
* Waleed Hamed, Palestinian-American music producer and founder of the still in development of Waleeds Beats.
* Belly, Palestinian-Canadian rap hip-hop artist.

Business

* Mohammed Nusseibeh - Prominent Businessman
* Abdul Hameed Shoman, Arab Bank
* Mansur Barbari, Barbari Group Inc.
* Yousef Beidas, Intra Bank
* Munib al-Masri, PADICO [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/outlook/news/story/2007/05/070514_elmasri_palterritories.shtml]
* Hasib Sabbagh, Consolidated Contractors International Company
* Naim Attallah, Asprey, Quartet Publishing
* Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

Political figures

Fatah

* Mahmoud Abbas, Current President of the Palestinian National Authority
* Nabil Amr, presidential aide and negotiator
* Yasser Arafat, First President of the PNA
* Hakam Balawi, former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and Algeria
* Marwan Barghouti, founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figure
* Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Preventive Security Service in Gaza
* Saeb Erekat, presidential aide and senior negotiator
* Qadura Fares, PNA minister and aide of Barghouti
* Rawhi Fattuh, former interim President of the PNA
* Faisal Husseini, former head of Jerusalem affairs
* Farouk Kaddoumi, head of Fatah
* Salah Khalaf, former top aide of Arafat
* Ahmad al-Khatib
* Mahmoud al-Khatib, educator, one of Fatah founders, Head of Western Apparatus in Department of Occupied Homeland Affairs
* Ahmed Qurei, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
* Ali Hassan Salameh
* Nabil Shaath, former Foreign Affairs Minister
* Khalil al-Wazir, former PLO military leader and top aide of Arafat

Hamas

* Muhammad Abu Tir
* Mohammad Barghouti
* Mohammed Deif - Leader of Hamas' military wing
* Ismail Haniyeh
* Ahmed al-Ja'abari
* Wasfi Kabha - Prisoners' Affairs Minister
* Khaled Meshaal - Secretary-General of Hamas
* Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, founder and former Secretary-General of Hamas
* Ahmed Yassin, founder and spiritual leader
* Mahmoud al-Zahar, former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign minister
* Hadem Rida, mayor of Jenin

PFLP

* Bassam Abu Sharif, former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO
* George Habash, founder and former Secretary-General of PFLP
* Abu Ali Mustafa, former Secretary-General of PFLP
* Leila Khaled, former PFLP militant and activist
* Imad Khaled
* Ahmed Saadat, current Secretary-General of PFLP
* Riyad al-Malki, current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA

Other

* Haidar Abdel-Shafi, independent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991
* Abu Abbas, PLF
* Hanan Ashrawi, Third Way
* Hasan Tahboub, former Head of the Supreme Islamic Council
* Nayef Hawatmeh, DFLP
* Ahmed Jibril, PFLP-GC
* Yousef Al-Khalidi, Ottoman era
* Abu Nidal, Abu Nidal Organization
* Afif Safieh, Palestine's Ambassador to the United States
* Samir Hleileh, Chief of the PA Cabinet, 2005
* Musa Alami
* Nimr al-Khatib, political leader, Haifa
* Awni Abd al-Hadi, Palestinian political figure
* Ahmad Shukairy, PLO founder

Mayors

* Fahmi al-Abboushi, appointed Mayor of Jenin in 1935
* Hussein Al-Araj, former mayor of Nablus
* Omar Hammayil, mayor of al-Bireh
* Janet Mikhail, mayor of Ramallah
* Mohammed Milhim, former mayor of Halhul
* Hadem Rida, mayor of Jenin
* Bassam Shaka, former mayor of Nablus,
* Ghassan Shakaa, former mayor of Nablus,
* Adly Yaish, mayor of Nablus
* Kareem Khalaf, mayor of Ramallah. 1978
* Saleh Arif Azzouqa, elected mayor of jenin from 1959 to 1963 [Palestinians and Their Society, 1880-1946Author:Sarah Graham-Brown] (during the jordanian rule of west bank)
* Isam Fuad Nazzal, elected mayor of Qabatiya (Jenin Governorate)

Politicians in Israel

See Also: Arab members of the Knesset

* Azmi Bishara - former member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
* Jamal Zahalka - member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
* Wasil Taha - member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
* Hana Sweid- member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of Eilabun
* Tawfiq Ziad - poet, mayor of Nazareth and Hadash member of Israeli Knesset
* Ibrahim Sarsur, Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party
* Taleb el-Sana, Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party
* Ahmed Tibi - member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party

Foreign

* Rania of Jordan, Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II
* Alia al Hussein, late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King Hussein
* Antonio Saca, president of El Salvador
* Shafik Handal, El Salvador politician
* Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
* Pierre de Bané, Canadian
* Naser Khader, member of the Parliament of Denmark
* Ziyadeh Zahdan, political advisor for the Clinton Administration
* Joe Hockey, Australian cabinet minister
* Carlos Robertor Flores Facussé,Former President of Honduras

Activists

* Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of ISM
* Mubarak Awad, advocate of nonviolent resistance
* Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Islamist scholar & activist
* Mustafa Barghouti, human rights activist
* Bulus Farah, trade unionist
* Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, nationalist leader
* Rauda Morcos, LGBTQ activist and co-founder of ASWAT
* Rima Anabtawi Co-founder Al-Awda
* Elias Davidsson, founder of the Iceland-Palestine organization and a human rights activist

Religious figures

Christianity

* Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia, current Archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
* Riah Abu Assal, current Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
* Faik Haddad, first Palestinian Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
* Naim Ateek, founder of Sabeel
* Elias Chacour, Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
* Michel Sabah, current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
* Munib Younan, Lutheran bishop
* Rifat Odeh Kassis, human rights and community activist

Islam

* Mujir al-Din al-Hanbali al-Quttainah, Hanbali Judge of Jerusalem
* Amin al-Husayni, former Mufti of Jerusalem
* Ibn Qudamah, Hanbali jurist
* Ekrima Sa'id Sabri, current Mufti of Jerusalem
* Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i, founder of the Shafi fiqh of Sunni Islam; born in Gaza
* Ahmad Abu Laban, Imam in Denmark
* Raed Salah, leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement
* Sheikh Taissir Tamimi, Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territories

Sports

* Munir Abu Kishek, lightweight boxer (Asian Games bronze medalist)
* Nizar Taleb, full contact kickboxer (World Championships WKA gold medalist)

Other

* Muhammad al-Durrah - 12-year old boy shot on the second day of the Al-Aqsa Intifada
* Fatma Omar An-Najar - 64-year old grandmother and oldest Palestinian suicide bomber
* Faris Odeh - teenage boy shot while throwing stones
* Sirhan Sirhan - assassin of Robert Kennedy
* Abu Anas al-Shami - second-in-command for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad group in Iraq


= References =thaer the man

External links

* [http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/personalities/0_personalities.htm Palestine Facts: Personalities]
* [http://www.jmcc.org/palculture/artist.htm Palestinian Artists]


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