Sakher Habash

Sakher Habash ( _ar. صخر حبش, born 10 November 1939) is a Palestinian leader of the Fatah movement.

Biography

Habash was born in Bayt Dajan, near Jaffa, in 1939. He became a refugee in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, ending up first in Ramallah, then in Balata Refugee Camp near Nablus. He studied Geology and Water Resources at Cairo's Ain Shams University from 1958. He turned to Palestinian national movement in the early 1960s and joined Fatah in 1962, when he became responsible for recruitment. He was appointed Fatah regional command in Lebanon in October 1972. He has been a member of the Fatah Central Committee since August 1989, where he served as Fatah's general deputy of intellectual affairs. He is a prolific writer and poet. He now resides in Ramallah.

External links and references

* [http://www.sakher.ps Sakher Habash's website]
* [http://www.fateh.ps/ Fatah's Intellectual office website]